Taxi to the Dark Side

Taxi to the Dark Side (2007), Documentary. Bagram, Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo ... these are the places mentioned in this Oscar-winning documentary about the use of torture under the Bush administration in the wake of 9/11. This is a distressing, disturbing and depressing movie in which the U.S. is clearly not the good guy. Most of the blame goes, fittingly, to President George W. Bush and his underlings, Cheney and Rumsfeld. The orders to "take the gloves off" came from the very top, yet only enlisted men were called to account for the crimes committed in America's name in prisons around the world. It's enough to fill a patriotic American with shame. (The DVD provides English subtitles for the hearing-impaired, but not closed captions.) Grade: A