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Unthinkable

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FBI Agent Helen Brody (Carrie-Anne Moss) races to discover the location of three nuclear bombs, each programmed to detonate in a different city. When authorities arrest terrorist suspect Younger (Michael Sheen), who announced the murderous plot in a video, special operative Harold Humphries (Samuel L. Jackson) joins Brody in the interrogation. He takes escalating measures to extract answers from Younger, but Younger clams up. Brody begins to question their brutal methods as time ticks away.
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Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review In addition to the stars, whose performances are dead-on, production values are high, and the script by Peter Woodward contains some intriguing questions. Rated: 2.5/4 Aug 18, 2023 Full Review Alistair Lawrence Common Sense Media This 2010 thriller is a bold but confused attempt to portray the messy, conflicted world of torturing terror suspects for information that will hopefully save lives. Rated: 2/5 Mar 3, 2022 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews ...an entertaining and thought-provoking drama... Rated: 3/4 Jul 21, 2010 Full Review Sean Axmaker Seanax.com ... a clumsy polemic that bounces between the boundaries of stage-play debate and torture porn spectacle as everyone argues over ethics... Jun 27, 2010 Full Review Read all reviews

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e h The most horrible movie I’ve ever seen in my whole entire 19 years of existence. But the acting was good Samuel Jackson saved the movie ( other actors were good ). FBI Helen Brody was annoying ( she’s the real villian ) 53 people have been killed and injured but still she was defending the terrorist DONT WASTE UR TIME Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 07/06/25 Full Review Gregory S I love that I hate this movie. The performances are amazing and the story is fantastic. Asks some relevant and truly hard questions. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 06/25/25 Full Review Ethan S I hated this movie when i first watched it, but as time went on it grew on me. I just hated agent brody a lot but the actual concept is great. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 06/10/25 Full Review Cory H The plot is weak & inconsistent, contradicts itself. They tell H he can’t do something and then beg him to do it repeatedly until the movie ends without a conclusion. It’s like they realized the movie sucked & just didn’t finish it. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 05/30/25 Full Review Ken N I thought this was pretty good. Amusing how many people trashed the rating because of the way it ended. Not everything needs to be wrapped up tidy with a bow on top. It gives us the answer we need; he wasn't bluffing. There WAS a fourth bomb - that's what was under the cover. I guess some people really wanted to see the fireworks, lol. It wasn't perfect; I agree with another review who wondered what the point of the beginning scene was. It seemed like a silly way to set it up. I thought the main cast did a good job with their characters. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/02/25 Full Review Jack J Bad writing. Not finished. Contradicts itself. Plot holes making plot holes. A lot of asking the movie.. why? Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 03/04/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Gregor Jordan

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Samuel L. Jackson

Henry Harold "H" Humphries

Carrie-Anne Moss

Helen Brody

Michael Sheen

Steven Arthur Younger

Stephen Root

Charles Thompson

Lora Kojovic

Rina Humphries
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Synopsis FBI Agent Helen Brody (Carrie-Anne Moss) races to discover the location of three nuclear bombs, each programmed to detonate in a different city. When authorities arrest terrorist suspect Younger (Michael Sheen), who announced the murderous plot in a video, special operative Harold Humphries (Samuel L. Jackson) joins Brody in the interrogation. He takes escalating measures to extract answers from Younger, but Younger clams up. Brody begins to question their brutal methods as time ticks away.
Director
Gregor Jordan
Producer
Caldecot Chubb, Vanessa Coifman, Marco Weber, Bill Perkins
Screenwriter
Peter Woodward
Production Co
ChubbCo Film Co., Senator Entertainment, Lleju Productions, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment
Rating
R (Strong Bloody Violence|Language|Torture)
Genre
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 1, 2012
Runtime
1h 37m
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