Unthinkable Page #4

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
1,340 Views


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?

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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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