The torture abuses at Bagram Air Force Base, Abu Ghraib, and, at Guantanamo are linked directly to Pentagon and White House officials in a scathing documentary that uses the murder of an innocent Afghan cab driver as a talking point to expand on the wider issue of torture.
Known for his documentary "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room," director Alex Gibney uses graphic photos and previously unseen video footage, along with interviews with soldiers involved in administering torture, to expose the self-destructive effect of inhumane tactics of incarceration, punishment and torture.
Deeply upsetting, "Taxi to the Darkside" is yet another chapter in a story that will not go away until major idealogical changes in the American mindset occur.
Rated R. 106 mins.
