Gracefully weaving together interviews (some with the soldiers convicted of the beating), fresh images and official photographs, it suggests why so many politically themed fiction films have failed.

Like the Iraq war documentary No End in Sight, this movie about the U.S. military's systematic torture of terror suspects is a triumph not of reporting but of synthesis.

Alex Gibney won best documentary Oscar for this gruelling, angry movie.

Taxi to the Dark Side still makes an impact all these years later and it’s lost none of its original impact.