HOW FAR CAN ONE GO???

Saw this movie unthinkable and it shook me up to such an extent that i could not stop myself from blogging about it.Released in nov 2009 starring Samuel L. Jackson,Michael Sheen and Carrie-Anne Moss.This film
is about an american muslim man yusuf who claims to have nuclear bombs planted in 3 U.S. cities.He gets
himself arrested deliberately and what follows is the tortorous interrogation by Henry Harold Humphries aka 'H',(samuel).Also involved is Special Agent Helen Brody of the FBI who initially strongly disapproves of the
methods 'H' uses. At the same time, Broody's team tries to determine the locations of the bombs using other
information.H resorts to completely gross and inhumane methods to make yusuf speak.He straps him to
a chair and chops off his finger.This makes agent broody question his barbaric methods but he has the
approval of higher authority.Broody on the other hand tries to take yosuf into confidence by reminding him
how his wife and children would suffer because of his misdeeds.yusuf is adamant and says he is prepared
and would do anything in the name of jihad.On further torture yosuf misleads broody which leads to detonation of a bomb at a shopping mall killing 53 people.Agent Brody, angry with the incident, takes a knife
and cuts Yusuf's chest. He is disgusted by this act and starts crying over Agent Broody that why she cares of
those 53 people and doesn't care of those 53 that Americans kill in Iraq everyday.Now H brings in yusuf's wife and makes her question him.Still incapable of getting any information from yusuf, H slashes yusuf's wife's throat in front of yusuf.Even now yusuf is not willing to cooperate so H does the unthinkable.He brings in yusuf's children but promises not to harm them.yusuf is made to believe otherwise so he gives up and gives the exact location of the bombs.This however does not stop H he advances to harm the children coz he believes there is a fourth bomb.Other officials stop him from doing so.Out of frustration H releases yusuf.yusuf then catches hold of a gun and shoots himself.The FBI agents then disarm the bombs but the camera then pans to reveal a fourth bomb in the same warehouse as it counts down to the time it is set to explode.This movie made me wonder at the intricacies of the human mind.I hated H when he tormented yusuf with his unthinkable tactics but then all of this seemed just and right when it is shown that yusuf is adamant and can kill in the name of allah.Jihad essentially means striving to live a moral and virtuous life and defending
Islam as well as fighting injustice and oppression.This does not entitle anyone to kill people in the name of jihad but this is what we see happening today.young minds are being indoctrinated with this concept leading to warfare.When agent broody tries to comfort yusuf with a soft voice and makes him understand that he is commiting a sin and not any kind of religeous duty it seems as if yusuf wud now speak instead he misleads her and then feels relieved on hearing that 53 people were killed as he believes he has sought revenge of the 53 islamic people that americans killed everyday.Now when H again resorts to the unthinkable and tortures yusuf's wife and children without even a hint of hesitation on his face i was shaken.how far can the interragators go in tormenting the accused(they are human beings afterall).Now when yusuf reveals the location and kills himself it made me think how far can the terrorists go killing innocent people,watching their wives and children getting tormented and then killing themselves.Atlast when the camera pans to show the fourth bomb all i could do was gape.I was dumbfounded at how cruel can a human being be.Eventhough it was just a film the current scenario is very much similar to the story.All these warfares in the name of religion and justice result in nothing but innumerable innocents being killed.It is said love alone rules everything then why this hatred.

We need to learn to love people and let peace prevail...