Unthinkable

The creators didn’t have much money, but they did the best they could and, along with a fascinating screenplay, bought three great actors. And there’s no doubt about it. The whole movie is about them and what they are facing. Sometimes I said to myself that it’s too bad they didn’t have more money, because then that TV look, cheap scenery would disappear and the intensive torture scenes could have been interspersed with a bit of good old action. Then it really would have been remarkable. This never happened. (04/06/2010)

No, the translation into English as "Unthinkable" might have been better after all. Countdown is just bullshit, because it is precisely the unthinkable that expresses what the film is actually about. This is a film about how far we are willing to go for safety and what human life means to us. Here, you will answer a lot of questions about yourself. (16/11/2015)

A very unconventional contribution to the subject of Islamic terrorism, in which the filmmakers wonder whether it is possible to "destroy" one person in order to save millions, and yet sell it as a steamy thriller with unpredictable developments. At its core it's terribly simple, the camera spends two-thirds of the film in a white room where the sadistic bastard S. L. Jackson gives a hard time to Michael Sheen, and Carrie-Anne Moss seeks an ethical yardstick for the whole situation. It is thanks to the actors that it holds up even in the more banal situations when nameless agency bosses argue about authority because otherwise, it is a very suspenseful affair, which from my point of view has no weak moments. (07/06/2010)

A quite minimalist film taking place in the few square meters of an underground shelter, where a masterful psychological game unfolds. It relies mainly on an excellent cast, though I must admit that it is an interesting contribution to the genre about terrorism or war from the perspective of the media, meaning not active combat. It is debatable to what extent it is credible, but at times it is quite ruthless, which is exactly how these days look like. As an addition to the genre, it is good but not memorable. (28/08/2011)

In production terms, a TV movie where it is evident that most finances went on the fees of the central trio, kinda not leaving enough for the rest of the ensemble, so they cast B-actors. Which results in nothing pleasant to watch in several scenes. It’s also a movie that tries to seem crafty as a fox and tense as suspenders. And in places it really is. Unfortunately, just in places. (28/05/2010)