Unthinkable Page #2

Synopsis: A convert to Islam sends the U.S. government a tape showing him in three nondescript storage rooms, each of which may contain a nuclear bomb set to detonate in less than a week. Helen Brody, an FBI agent in L.A., is tasked with finding the bombs while a CIA "consultant," known as H, interrogates the suspect who has allowed himself to be caught. The suspect, whose wife and children have left him and disappeared, seems to know exactly what the interrogation will entail. Even as H ratchets up the pressure, using torture over Brody's objection, the suspect doesn't crack. Should H do the unthinkable, and will Brody acquiesce? Is any Constitutional principle worth possible loss of life?
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Gregor Jordan
Production: Senator Entertainment
 
IMDB:
7.1
R
Year:
2010
97 min
1,443 Views


I have a lot of files here.

I know you got the goddamn file!

If you sent people there,

withdraw them immediately.

Do not approach him.

I repeat, you must not approach him.

Can you hold?

- Phillips and Huntley went there.

- Call them.

"Personal information restricted.

This man is armed and dangerous.

"No approach to be made to subject

or family under any circumstances.

"Department heads, contact

Charles Thompson before any other action."

- They're not answering.

- Oh, sh*t.

Okay, I'm on it. D.J., let's go!

That's their car.

- Camera.

- The door is open. Go.

I'm in here.

FBI! Move to the door so I can see you!

Show me your badge.

- Right here.

- Let me see it!

Right here!

Coming out.

You take one more step and I'll shoot.

Oh, please.

- Put the gun down.

- No way.

Not you. Her.

Put it on the mantel. Back away, slowly.

Hands on your head!

- Hands on your head!

- Lower your voice!

Do not frighten my children.

Who the f*** sent you idiots to my house?

- I'm Special Agent Brody.

- Where are my children?

With your wife. They're fine.

You have a file on me?

Henry Harold Humphries.

Is that your real name?

- What do you think?

- You've been read your rights?

- My guy's coming.

- No one knows you're here.

Did you send these a**holes to my house?

Are you responsible for that?

Do you have a first name you can give me?

A real one?

Okay, okay, let's play the game.

You can call me H.

What's your first name, Agent Brody?

You kidnapped and detained

two federal agents.

- You admit to that, right?

- They came to my house.

My children were there.

I could've killed them.

So you think you're above the law, is that it?

Do you recognize this man?

Yeah. He's on TV, right?

Helen, I'm sorry, this interview is terminated.

I depend on you. Come on!

It's a screw-up.

Your name is on some list CIA sent the FBI.

No one told me.

I can't believe you let this happen.

You sent us his file. Don't blame FBI.

Really? Did you check the leads

against the DIA priority list

with the little red tags saying

"Do Not Touch"?

Wait, he's under protection?

This is my life.

How could you screw this up?

He's a target. He thought your guys

were killers. Sorry about that.

Thanks for your heartfelt f***ing apology.

Who are you?

Probably best not to ask.

Jack, what's going on?

Can I talk to you for a second?

I can't give you all the details right now,

but we're being moved

to a centralized command facility.

You gonna help me with this one, okay?

Okay, of course.

But where is this facility?

It's classified.

What the hell is this place?

- Agent Brody? All right, follow me, please.

- Yep?

At this point,

I need to take all of your firearms.

- You're not taking my gun.

- Ma'am, I'm sorry. The rules...

- It's okay, son, let her keep it.

- Yes, sir.

I'm General Paulson,

I'm leading the operation here.

- You're Brody?

- Yes.

I know you haven't been briefed on this,

but you guys will be assisting us

with investigative duties

under my command here.

So I'll show you to your offices and...

No disrespect, sir, but outside martial law,

the military has no jurisdiction

on home soil.

Well, there's the Defense Authorization Act.

The President has the authority

to use the armed forces

to suppress any insurrection,

unlawful combination or conspiracy.

This all went through Congress in '07.

Agent Helen! Good to see you again.

- General, nice to see you.

- Charlie. You all know each other?

Yeah, we met earlier. A little mix-up.

What are you doing here?

Who are you guys?

- Independent contractors?

- What agency?

Oh, no agency would claim us.

Right, General?

Okay, everyone.

If you could follow me, please.

Right in here, please.

Where are the rest of my people?

We're working with the staff we have here

from this room.

Secure lines are being set up with all

field offices as well as other agencies.

What is this place?

Nowhere. It doesn't exist. Neither do we.

Hey, guys, I need you to see this.

In the name of Allah the merciful,

and his prophet Muhammad,

peace be upon him.

My name is Yusuf Atta Mohamed.

My former name is Steven Arthur Younger.

This is Location One.

We took a screen capture

of all the locations, cleaned them up,

took him out and then took that thing out.

Some of you will recognize this.

It is a bomb.

You've seen this?

I've placed three bombs

in three American cities.

All three are identical,

all three are in urban areas,

and all three

are nuclear bombs.

Jesus.

I have demands which will be met by you,

or these bombs will explode.

I will give you these demands

at a later date.

This is Location Two.

This is Location Three.

All three bombs are set to explode

on Friday the 21st, at noon Pacific Time.

Jesus. That's only four days from now.

The fissionable material

is shielded effectively in lead and water...

You can check the tech details later

if you want.

People, if there's a one percent chance

the threat is serious,

this is a 100%.

How could an individual

manufacture nuclear weapons?

He's one of us. A specialist.

Career military, Delta Force.

Expert in explosives, bomb disposal,

specialized in field nuclear weapons.

Served in Iraq to check out nukes.

He knows what he's doing.

He's 100% American.

When he was a teenager,

his father moved the family to Islamabad

to work at the embassy there.

He's fluent in Farsi and Arabic.

Do we know if there's a way he could

get his hands on fissionable material?

Three years ago, he was on a team

checking nuclear facilities in Russia.

The Russians can't

account for 15 to 18 pounds.

They can't be accurate.

Around five pounds on each bomb.

That's six to ten million casualties, folks.

But do we have any direct evidence

that this is real?

Tehran paid him 20 million to get

nuclear materials out of Russia and into Iran.

Then they lost track of him and the money.

How do you know that?

They told us themselves.

They didn't want us using Younger

as an excuse to bomb the crap out of them.

What does he want? Why is he doing this?

We don't know. So far,

he's made no demands, no further contact.

So we have 72 hours to figure out

where he's hiding.

The focus of your investigation isn't

going to be about Younger's whereabouts.

It's about the location of those three bombs.

That is your immediate priority.

But surely, if we find him,

we'll find the bombs.

Not necessarily, Agent Helen.

You already have him, don't you, General?

He was arrested 24 hours ago?

Why didn't you come out and tell us?

You didn't have clearance.

It's classified through military intelligence.

"Military intelligence." The great oxymoron.

How was he caught?

A security officer saw him in a mall

in Phoenix.

His picture is plastered all over the country

and he goes to a mall?

People, this is Colonel Kerkmejian.

He'll escort you to view the prisoner.

You're allowed to observe and that's it.

General, when can we interrogate this man?

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Peter Woodward

Peter Woodward (born 24 January 1956) is an English actor, stuntman and screenwriter. He is probably best known for his role as Galen in the Babylon 5 spin-offs Babylon 5: A Call to Arms, Crusade and Babylon 5: The Lost Tales. He is also known for his role as British Army Brigadier General Charles O'Hara in The Patriot. more…

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