jjrojasgambrulis Watched the movie with 3 mores guys. Nobody agreed about the score. Nobody agreed about the main roles background and postures. No technical discussions about cinematography, music, lights, acting. We agreed about this as a heavy film. Difficult to digest. I'd like to see more about the main characters background and motives. But that is clearly not the purpose of the movie.

undeaddt Altho I agree that Snakes on a Plane was a disaster and even Samuel couldn't save it, this movie is a totally different case. For me, this is maybe the best role that Samuel L. Jackson has played in a long time. Altho some of the scenes were filled with gore, the movie is a very good reality reminder.

Tweetienator The movie got some suspense but tbh I was not convinced about the moral dilemma of torturing or not torturing. In the scenario, we get the danger of some nukes (!) going off in some major US cities if the answer of their whereabouts is not revealed. That's ten of thousands if not hundreds of thousands dead and seriously injured civilians. A man who plays that "game" has lost (imo) all human rights - and if necessary of course the responsible people (be it CIA or military or whoever) for interrogating would take all necessary means to get that information - even torturing or "interrogating" the family of the fanatic.Just an example - if you break down the "moral dilemma" of Unthinkable (what means are justified and what not etc.) it would mean in the Cold War, if the Russians lets say, would have nuked some Western cities you won't shot back because the Russian civilians are innocent etc. And the Cold War worked, without the nuclear threat I bet the 3rd World War would already be part of the history books.But anyway, I like the movie because it got a lot of suspense, what I don't like is this "humanity bullshitting" - the only reasonable man was Mr. H., the rest of the crew just were undermining his work - you want to save 2 kids but are ready to let kill those fanatic thousands of kids!? How hypocritical is that!? As a thriller and drama, the movie works well, but the "important" message some reviewers mention is imo hypocritical as most of the characters involved are - they don't act like pros but like some middle-aged female human- right activists with nothing better to do and the only danger in life they ever met was maybe to get their Cholesterol level to high ;) For that reason, most of those characters in the movie seemed not unthinkable but unbelievable for me (e.g. the character played by Moss). I am certain that people involved in such an operation would be handpicked and ready to get the job done, no matter what.

Rohit Gahlowt Unthinkable deals with the torture of a terrorist who knows where he has placed a bomb which is going to go off soon killing hundreds. No matter how much you torture the terrorist he isn't willing to tell you the location of the bomb. What would you do? Would you bring his family in front of him and start to torture them instead to make him reveal the bomb's location? Could you torture a child in front of a father, a wife in front of her husband to save hundreds? This is the question that the film tries to deal with, explain, ask us. This movie is gripping and unpredictable. It's tense and suspenseful. This reminds me of a recent film called Eye In The Sky which made the audience and the lead characters face a similar dilemma. Both films are remarkable. Both Unthinkable and Eye In The Sky are thrillers that stay with you a long time after they have ended. They may seem like American propaganda films but they are much, much more as these situations will be faced by security forces the world over. Don't think, just watch this one.