Unthinkable
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Original theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | Gregor Jordan |
| Produced by |
Marco Weber Caldecot Chubb Vanessa Coifman Bill Perkins |
| Written by |
Oren Moverman Peter Woodward |
| Starring |
Samuel L. Jackson Michael Sheen Carrie-Anne Moss Brandon Routh Gil Bellows Martin Donovan Stephen Root |
| Music by | Graeme Revell |
| Cinematography | Oliver Stapleton |
| Edited by | Scott Chestnut |
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Lleju Productions
Sidney Kimmel Entertainment Kimmel International ChubbCo Film Senator Entertainment Co. |
| Distributed by |
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Senator U.S. |
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Release date
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Running time
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97 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $15 million |
| Box office | $5.5 million |
Unthinkable is a 2010 American thriller film directed by Gregor Jordan and starring Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Sheen and Carrie-Anne Moss. It was released direct-to-video on June 14, 2010. The film is noteworthy for the controversy it generated around its subject matter, the torture of a man who threatens to detonate three nuclear bombs in separate U.S. cities.
An American Muslim man and former Delta Force operator, Yusuf (Sheen), makes a videotape. When FBI Special Agent Helen Brody (Moss) and her team see news bulletins looking for Yusuf, they launch an investigation, which is curtailed when they are summoned to a high school, which has been converted into a black site under military command. They are shown Yusuf's complete tape, where he threatens to detonate three nuclear bombs in separate U.S. cities if his demands are not met.
A special interrogator, "H" (Samuel L. Jackson), is brought in to force Yusuf to reveal the locations of the nuclear bombs. H quickly shows his capability and cruelty by chopping off one of Yusuf's fingers with a small hatchet. Horrified, Special Agent Brody attempts to put a stop to the measures. Her superiors make it clear that the potentially disastrous consequences necessitate these extreme measures. As the plot unfolds, H escalates his methods (with Brody as the "good cop"). Brody realizes that Yusuf anticipated that he would be tortured. Yusuf then makes his demands: he would like the President of the United States to announce a cessation of support for puppet governments and dictatorships in Muslim countries and a withdrawal of American troops from all Muslim countries. The group immediately dismisses the possibility of his demands being met, citing the United States' declared policy of not negotiating with terrorists.
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