
In 2001, four Pakistani Britons, Ruhal Ahmed, Asif Iqbal and Shafiq Rasul and another friend, Monir, travel to Pakistan for a wedding and in a urge of idealism, decide to see the situation of war torn Afganistan which is being bombed by the American forces in retaliation for the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Once there, with the loss of Monir in the wartime chaos, they are captured by Northern Alliance fighters. They are then handed them over the American forces who transport them ... (Full plot summary below)
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In 2001, four Pakistani Britons, Ruhal Ahmed, Asif Iqbal and Shafiq Rasul and another friend, Monir, travel to Pakistan for a wedding and in a urge of idealism, decide to see the situation of war torn Afganistan which is being bombed by the American forces in retaliation for the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Once there, with the loss of Monir in the wartime chaos, they are captured by Northern Alliance fighters. They are then handed them over the American forces who transport them to the prison camps at the Guantanamo Bay base in Cuba. What follows is three years of relentless imprisonment, interrogations and torture to make them submit to blatantly wrong confessions to being terrorists. In the midst of this abuse, the three struggle to keep their spirits up in that face of this grave injustice.
Leave your thoughts about The Road to Guantanamo.
| Reel.comGary GoldsteinAn impressive docudrama that recreates, in gut-wrenching detail, one of the most heinous recent examples of wrongdoing by the U.S. military -- that we know of. |
| San Francisco ChronicleRuthe SteinA film that must be seen to understand the sad truths of our times. It's been made with a sensitivity and creativity that's come to exemplify Winterbottom's work. |
| ReelTalk Movie ReviewsDonald J. Levit'The Road to Guantanamo' is a riveting watch that should pile fuel onto an already flaming controversy. |
| Film4Anton BitelGripping, nightmarish, and at times bleakly funny, The Road To Guantánamo is far too important a personal testimony to go unheard. |
| Nick's Flick PicksNick DavisThe conception doesn't work perfectly.... Still, the film is muscular, persuasive, and necessary without being exploitative. |
| Seattle TimesJohn HartlIt makes its point in a way that a straight documentary could not. |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris Hewitt (St. Paul)The material is beautifully put together, and it is powerful. |
| TV GuideKen FoxQuestions the efficacy and, above all, the humanity of what even steadfast Bush supporters like Tony Blair have condemned. |
| Washington PostStephen HunterThe key question the film raises: Is what happened to the Tipton Three an outrage? It allows us to draw our own conclusions strictly on an eye-of-the-beholder basis. |
| The NationStuart KlawansUntil we get an accounting, let's be grateful we've got the docudrama. |