I have always liked Denzel Washington, and "The Siege" is nothing but a great movie with some frightening parallels to today's America. For those unfamiliar with the film, it was released in 1998 and takes place in the wake of a major terrorist attack in New York City (disturbingly similar to 9/11). Following the attacks, martial law is declared in the city and the army moves in to impose law and begins rounding up Arab-American citizens. In a spooky bit of foresight, laws such as the Patriot Act and the Department of Homeland Security are passed, eroding civil liberties in the United States. Denzel Washington plays an FBI agent during these events and makes a passionate defense of all that is good and just in the United States, eloquently arguing why we should not - and must not torture.
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