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Taxi to the Dark Side

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Rating: R — for disturbing images, and content involving torture and graphic nudity
Director: Alex Gibney Cast: Brian Keith Allen, Greg D'Agostino, Maan Kaassamani, Karyn Plonsky
Running Time: 106 minutes
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Genre

Documentary

Producer

Alex Gibney

Distributor

ThinkFilm

Release Date

Jan 18, 2008

Release Notes

NY/LA

Official Website

www.taxitothedarkside.com

Review

Alex Gibney’s Taxi to the Dark Side is the documentary that many of us have prayed for, the one that could break through even to people who relish the torture set pieces on 24 and will hear no evil about the War on Terror. It’s the equal of No End in Sight in its tight focus on the nuts and bolts of incompetence, and it surpasses any recent melodrama in the empathy it evokes for both its victims and—surprisingly—victimizers. More important, it leaves you brooding on the human capacity for cruelty in a way that transcends the gory details. — David Edelstein