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I saw "The Mauritanian", starring Tahar Rahim-The Kindness of Strangers, The Eagle; Jodie Foster-Hotel Artemis, Panic Room; Benedict Cumberbatch-1917, Thor:Ragnarok; Shailene Woodley-the Divergent movies, The O.C._tv and Zachary Levi-Shazam!, Thor:Ragnarok.
This is a true story that is based on a book called 'Guantanamo Diary' written by Mohamedou Ould Slahi, the Mauritanian mentioned in the movie title. The name Mauritanian comes from where he is from, Mauritania-and no, it has no connection to the Star Wars character, The Mandalorian. Tahar plays Slahi, a man that spent years in prison, without ever having been officially accused of a crime. Tahar was brought in for questioning after the 911 attacks and was thought to have had connections to Al Qaeda and the terrorist attacks. Tahar was transferred to Guantanamo Bay where he was held and tortured for years before anyone tried to get him released. Jodie is Tahar's lawyer and Shailene is her assistant, trying to get to the truth. Benedict is the military prosecutor-trying to make sure Tahar gets the lethal injection to avenge his buddy that was on one of the 911 planes-and Zachary was at the 'questioning sessions' of Tahar so he has specific information as to what really happened. It is a compelling story and when the end credits start, you see what happened after the trial and the actual Slahi is shown.
It's rated "R" for violence, sexual assault and language and has a running time of 2 hours & 9 minutes.
It's not one that I would buy on DVD-once was enough-but it is an interesting story about the events that went on at Guantanamo Bay.
score 7/10
stevendbeard 21 February 2021
Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw6619705/ |
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