![]() In the script, referring to the frustrated Daniel, the scene closes with the words, "Once again, he's learned nothing." As his tormenters fold him into a small punishment box, demanding the day of the attack, Ammar murmurs "Saturday," then, "Sunday," then, "Monday," then, "Thursday," then, "Friday." His brutal questioning by CIA officer Daniel is uncomfortable to watch. Ammar is believed to know details of a pending attack in Saudi Arabia, and he is uncooperative. ![]() We learn quickly that he is an al-Qaeda middleman, and a nephew of Khalid Sheik Mohammad, architect of the 9/11 attacks. ![]() There are two ugly interrogation scenes in the opening minutes of Zero Dark Thirty that haunt the rest of the experience, and that have come to haunt critical reception of the film itself.Īfter we hear the terrified voices of Americans trapped on the upper floors of the burning towers on 9/11 against a black screen, the movie opens on a character named Ammar, suspended from the ceiling by chains attached to both wrists. ![]()
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