Just saw this for the first time, and although my own knowledge about movies in the thriller genre is quite good I had never heard of it. Therefore I wanted to know why, and I can understand that many reviewers found it too unpleasant and even offending towards muslims.
I respect that viewpoint, but in my opinion it is a complete misinterpretation of the movie and its message. For me it is all about questioning our own ethic and morality. It's the essence of humanity. Who is the evil one in this piece? Is H a hero? Is he a villain? Would we completely destroy a human being to save millions? How much is one life worth?
"Unthinkable" had me questioning myself and my values and shift constantly between hating Yusuf and feeling sorry for him. And the same thing goes for H. I wanted him to achieve his goals to save millions of people but in some sequences I hated him more than Yusuf. What the movie does so brilliantly is showing H as a loving father and husband in one scene and the next as a monster, so that you have no chance deciding what is right and what is wrong. How can you do that to another human being and still be a "normal" person?
I think "Unthinkable" displays the lack of morality with almost every character, especially in the end, where even the most kind person shows his or hers dark sides. As much as it says anything about muslims. I can understand if one confuses this as an evil movie with the message of how everyone in the end is capable of doing evil things - even with good intentions.
This movie does simply not take part, and therefore is unbelievably hard to watch, because it demands so much of its viewers. I found it very unpleasant, even though Im not faint hearted at all, and that must've been the point. In some way, this movie does a lot of good, because despite of all the evil in it, I wanted to be even more good and kind to other people that day. We all have the ability to do evil, but the most important thing is, that we have the ability to do good as well - and Im not particularly religious.
I thought it was brilliant because of the reflection it encourage you to do. All this aside it's also just a very tense thriller, that will have you on the edge of your seat. The acting is good and especially the three main characters are superb. I admire Samuel L. Jackson and Michael Sheen for their bravery taking on these parts, because they most have known that this movie could cause controversies and divide the audience into two groups.
It's very important to say, that Im not a muslim myself, and therefore can't feel whether or not this is offending to this group, but as described I interpreted the message in this movie in a whole other way. It's so rare coming across movies that make you questioning yourself all the way through but this one does, and if nothing else that's highly interesting.
I respect that viewpoint, but in my opinion it is a complete misinterpretation of the movie and its message. For me it is all about questioning our own ethic and morality. It's the essence of humanity. Who is the evil one in this piece? Is H a hero? Is he a villain? Would we completely destroy a human being to save millions? How much is one life worth?
"Unthinkable" had me questioning myself and my values and shift constantly between hating Yusuf and feeling sorry for him. And the same thing goes for H. I wanted him to achieve his goals to save millions of people but in some sequences I hated him more than Yusuf. What the movie does so brilliantly is showing H as a loving father and husband in one scene and the next as a monster, so that you have no chance deciding what is right and what is wrong. How can you do that to another human being and still be a "normal" person?
I think "Unthinkable" displays the lack of morality with almost every character, especially in the end, where even the most kind person shows his or hers dark sides. As much as it says anything about muslims. I can understand if one confuses this as an evil movie with the message of how everyone in the end is capable of doing evil things - even with good intentions.
This movie does simply not take part, and therefore is unbelievably hard to watch, because it demands so much of its viewers. I found it very unpleasant, even though Im not faint hearted at all, and that must've been the point. In some way, this movie does a lot of good, because despite of all the evil in it, I wanted to be even more good and kind to other people that day. We all have the ability to do evil, but the most important thing is, that we have the ability to do good as well - and Im not particularly religious.
I thought it was brilliant because of the reflection it encourage you to do. All this aside it's also just a very tense thriller, that will have you on the edge of your seat. The acting is good and especially the three main characters are superb. I admire Samuel L. Jackson and Michael Sheen for their bravery taking on these parts, because they most have known that this movie could cause controversies and divide the audience into two groups.
It's very important to say, that Im not a muslim myself, and therefore can't feel whether or not this is offending to this group, but as described I interpreted the message in this movie in a whole other way. It's so rare coming across movies that make you questioning yourself all the way through but this one does, and if nothing else that's highly interesting.