Taxi to the Dark Side
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Taxi to the Dark Side

In 2002, a young cab driver picked up a few passengers near his home in Afghanistan... He never returned

6.9 / 10 2008 1h 46mNR English
Documentary

Storyline

An in-depth look at the torture practices of the United States in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, focusing on an innocent taxi driver in Afghanistan who was tortured and killed in 2002.

Cast & Crew

Alex Gibney

Alex Gibney

Narrator (voice)

Lead
BK

Brian Keith Allen

Soldier - New York studio shoot reenactment

MB

Moazzam Begg

Self - Torture Victim (as Moazzam Beg)

CB

Christopher Beiring

Self - Captain

Carl Levin

Carl Levin

Self

Jack Reed

Jack Reed

Self (archive footage)

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Alex Gibney's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Taxi to the Dark Side is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker