I saw this film on my Tivo listings last eve, read the summary, chuckled and passed. Maybe you should have done the same.
I changed the channel as soon as I heard Glen Close repeating the same dialog as the Chinese guy.
I saw it, and it was pure propoganda.
I saw this Liberal clap-trap a few weeks ago, and I must confess I stayed with it, just to see how rediculous they were willing to let it go.....and they let it go all the way. I must add one very important item, however, that I thought I saw for certain at the end the show, assuming I read the facial expressions, nods and shakes of the prisoners heads correctly.
As the two interrogators use the exact same words, yet different styles and levels of pressure in their questioning, the American female, and the Arab male prisoners both respond with exactly the same words in their answers as well. But, at the end of the film, the male Chinese interrogator succeeds in totally breaking down the American female (a foreign student in China)and getting her to agree to and confess to his charges, as she sadly cowers on the floor, weeping and nodding her head. The female American interrogator, however, fails to get her male Arab prisoner to agree or confess, as although he too is broken, he defiantly shakes his head to say, "No."
The message....who knows? Certainly not the viewer! Americans are spys and Arabs are not? Both are spys but the Arab is strong, noble and loyal to the cause, while female American spys are none of the above? Chinese interrogators are kinder and more gentle, but get the job done, while Americans are mean and nasty, and fail as a result?
I will close by saying that you should consider none of my questions and that you need search no further. Watch this movie, and the obvious answer to them all is, "Who cares?"
and exactly who can be surprised at this?
this is HBO after all.