Asian Trips - The Road to Guantanamo
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Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Starring: Riz Ahmed, Farhad Harun, Waqar Siddiqui, Afran Usman, Shahid Iqbal (II)
Directed By: Michael Winterbottom, Mat Whitecross
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 0043396163652
Format: AC-3
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: 2006-10-24
Running Time: 95
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
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An award-winning intense political docu-drama about the tipton three a trio of british muslims who were held in guantanamo bay for two years until they were released without charge. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 05/27/2008 Run time: 95 minutes Rating: R
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Summary: WHY DID THEY GO?
Comment: The Road To Guantanamo
The reasons for these intellectually challenged British Muslims leaving England and going directly to a war zone is left remarkably unclear. They wanted to "Help" or see large a Nan bread? That for me is the most important question. Why did they go? I mean it is not what you would call a normal holiday. That crucial question is left unanswered.
Did these boys go to fight and then on seeing the realities of War try and escape?
The resulting experiences these boys were made to suffer are inexcusable in a modern world. Just listening to the interviewees should have been enough for the Americans and British to realise these kids posed little threat to anyone except to themselves.
How stupid they were not to shout to the rafters that they are British subjects. If they had come clean with British Military Intelligence things could have been very different.
I would like to see the evidence of the torture of these kids by the British Military.
If they had been given the chance, these boys would most certainly have come home to Britain at their first opportunity and probably never left again. This is an example of simple reality completely destroying indoctrinated and imagined beliefs.
The re-enactments are pretty poor. The objectivity is also very one-sided. The script is monosyllabic and enjoys the liberal usage of the word F**k.
Customer Rating:
Summary: WHY DID THEY GO?
Comment: The Road To Guantanamo
The reasons for these intellectually challenged British Muslims leaving England and going directly to a war zone is left remarkably unclear. They wanted to "Help" or see large a Nan bread? That for me is the most important question. Why did they go? I mean it is not what you would call a normal holiday. That crucial question is left unanswered.
Did these boys go to fight and then on seeing the realities of War try and escape?
The resulting experiences these boys were made to suffer are inexcusable in a modern world. Torture is simply not legitimate. Just listening to the interviewees should have been enough for the Americans and British to realise these kids posed little threat to anyone except to themselves.
How stupid they were not to shout to the rafters that they are British subjects. If they had come clean with British Military Intelligence things could have been very different.
I would like to see the evidence of the torture of these kids by the British Military. (Since writing this originally, I have found out the British Military did indeed use torture.)
If they had been given the chance, these boys would most certainly have come home to Britain at their first opportunity and probably never left again. This is an example of simple reality completely destroying indoctrinated and imagined beliefs.
The re-enactments are pretty poor. The objectivity is also very one-sided. The script is monosyllabic and enjoys the liberal usage of the word F**k.
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Summary: Moderately successful critique of Guantanamo
Comment: "Road to Guantanamo" is Michael Winterbottom's attempt to criticise American methods of treating terror suspects and their detention at Guantanamo Bay. Winterbottom follows the story of three apparently innocent English Muslims who, through a number of twists and turns, ended up in Guantanamo.
It's a little hard to understand the naivety of the boys who journey to Afghanistan and end up with the Taleban just as the Americans are about to attack - post the 9/11 atrocities. Heck it looks pretty suspicious and it is no wonder the Americans were dubious about their innocence. The boys are knocked about a bit but hey the Americans were angry post 9/11 and not exactly polite to suspected terrorists.
The story really picks up when the boys are moved to Guantanamo. The treatment of the prisoners is not pretty although nowhere near the horrific cruelty that went on at, for instance, Abu Ghraib during Saddam Hussein's reign.
The emotional impact of the film is lessened somewhat by the aloofness of the four boys but the filmmakers are to be commended for making a film of this scale on such a low budget.
In the end Winterbottom is preaching to the converted here - I'm not so sure it will change people's attitudes either way.
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Summary: Great story, sorta.
Comment: I really enjoyed this movie and held a screening for it at my high school for a project. There was some dispute about weather or not the three men's story was real or not, they did not provide any information as to why they went to Afghanistan. everybody believed that the torture camp existed, but people had a hard time believing why the men went to Afghanistan. Regardless of that, i still thought it was a fantastic movie. BUY IT!!
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Summary: Am I suppose to be sorry that we imprision terrorist? I am not!
Comment: This is a political drama. The story is that four rather religious Muslims guys who go from Britain to Pakistan for one guys wedding. Once there they decide to go to Afghanistan just after the war starts. Then they just happen to drive faraway in the wrong direction to a Taliban stronghold where they just stay long enough to be captured by the Northern Alliance. If this all sounds unbelievable too you, don't worry it sounds unbelievable to me as well. They were lucky that soon they were turned over to the U.S. military otherwise they would have been killed by the Northern Alliance. They are then imprisoned and eventually sent to Guantanamo. We then are shown details of what it was like for them in jail which is shown to being a tough jail which is the main theme of the movie. After awhile they are released.
The acting is good. Many of the characters were interesting.
There were several scenes that were good and being a traveller who goes frequently to third world, I found I could relate to many scenes.
The filming is good.
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