NMR: Unthinkable

This was a straight-to-DVD release, which was kind of baffling given the star power in it. Michael Sheen plays a terrorist who claims he has set bombs in three unnamed cities and will set them off unless his demands are met and Samuel L. Jackson plays an interrogator with unorthodox methods of getting answers. Carrie Anne Moss is also along for the ride as an FBI agent who is uneasy with Jackson's tactics. Most of the film plays like an episode of 24, only more gritty and not as engaging. The film runs out of steam as it reaches its climax, only to then provide an ending that is meant to be thought provoking, but instead reeks of desperation with its 'shocking for the sake of shocking' approach. For a straight-to-DVD release, this isn't that bad, but I can also understand why it never found its way into theaters. Rating: **1/2