Review of Taxi to the Dark Side (2008) by Joel M — 24 Oct 2008

(This film review coincides with John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band 80's hit single "On The Dark Side").

"Taxi To The Dark Side" is calling now, everything is real You will know how sick you'll feel From out of the shadows, this documentary feels like a bad dream Makes Americans feel so crazy, makes them look so mean.

Ain't nothing gonna save us from torture that is blind When American brutalize, they have crossed that line Taxi To The Dark Side, oh yeah Taxi To The Dark Side, oh yeah.

OK, that's enough! What this wickedly dark musical adaptation is trying to inform you is that documentary filmmaker's Alex Gibney's Oscar-winning documentary "Taxi To The Dark Side" takes a cerebral investigative journey into American soldiers brutalizing innocent Afghani victims through torturous interrogative techniques. And Gibney also depicts the big boys in Washington headed by the W as the ones that spearheaded the orchestration of the torturous interrogative initiative. Let's just say that Gibney does not beat around the Bush with that one! The real-life narrative focus of this documentary though is on the torture and murder of an innocent Afghanistan taxi driver by American military interrogators. I just wished that Gibney would have Gibney more, I mean gimme more, on Afghanistan and Taliban torturous techniques on American victims. There are two sides to every coin, Alex! Nonetheless, "Taxi To The Dark Side" is a gripping documentary that is not checkered with elongated ennui but instead with insightful staleness. Take a cinematic ride on the "Taxi To The Dark Side". **** Good.