Both Boal and Bigelow seem intent on shoving aside the true facts about torture's effectiveness. All Boal would offer when I queried him on the subject recently was the pallid response that the issue was "politically controversial, as you know."
Zero Dark Thirty, in spite of the controversy about the efficacy of torture in tracking down Bin Laden, manages to be a very upbeat portrayal of human inventiveness within the government.
Film: Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
Cast includes: Jessica Chastain (The Help), Jason Clarke (Public Enemies), Reda Kateb (A Prophet), Kyle Chandler (Friday...