keeps you at edge-of-your-seat ...

Vic_max

This was a pretty intense movie. It starts out with a bang - literally - a suicide bombing in a public area. Not a bad opener.

Shortly thereafter, a US chemical engineer, on his way back from a conference in South Africa, is abducted by the CIA in Washington DC airport ... and his name is wiped from his plane's flight list. His family is left searching for him at the airport terminal. We follow his predicament as we watch decision makers assess his situation ... and watch his nightmare unfold.

It was hard not to stop watching; you want to see what's going to happen next ... what are those that are keeping one "eye closed" do? ... what is the family going to do? ... what is a sympathetic senator's aide do? what did he 'really' do or not do??

FWIW, the story is supposedly inspired on a similar event involving Khalid El-Masri in 2003. There's also another storyline going on in this movie that eventually ties in near the end of movie. This second story/plot is good, but not as good as the main one. It drags the movie down a notch to a "7" - but that's still really good. If you like intense dramas, this is a good one to check out.

score /10

Vic_max 9 January 2009

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw2004482/