Unthinkable is in many ways a movie based on the same principles as the Stanford Prison Experiment. Its focus is the psychological side of a question posted by both single humans and countries throughout the time: How far can you go? To what extend does the end justify the means? How many does it take to sacrifice for the greater good? How far would you go? Can we do the unthinkable and justify it to both our self, people in general and maybe one day our children?
As a thought provocation, an experiment or a debate on morale issues and the aftermaths of terror it's in so many ways interesting. That's not the same as the way a movie needs to be interesting. I consider myself quite open minded, smart and realistic. I understand the unspoken truths of war, terror and sacrifice without watching a movie about it. Maybe that's why the movie doesn't quite have the impact on me as they hoped, or maybe it's the because of the fact this movie operates mostly inside the viewers brain and mine might be broken ;)
Anyway. I hope many watch this and think about what they've seen. I just don't expect them to view it as a huge cinematic experience when they look back at it.
Samuel L. Jackson, Carrie-Anne Moss and Michael Sheen does great work in the leading roles, but also actors like Stephen Root, Benito Martinez, Holmes Osborne and Lora Kojovic does great work with smaller parts. At the end of the day the movie needs to provoke you to become anything special, as the story on its own isn't that strong. They depends on provoke, to such an extend the story told haven't been quite polished enough. I did still enjoy it, if enjoy ever should be used about such a movie, and it was a lot closer to an 8 than a 6.
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