this film begin in a classroom with a professor ask his student if it be acceptable to give up your right for 1 day if the government could guarantee that it could get rid of terrorism . he then proceed to ask the same question and but extend the time period from 1 day to 10 year . the director then examine two identical situation differ only in their location . the first scenario be of an american woman be hood and and then abduct by chinese security force and then take to an unknown location where she be ask some uncomfortable question . the second scenario be of the same thing happen to an arab man ( they never really say which country he from ) be hood and abduct and take to an fbi building where he question . this film be effective in ask the viewer whether the u wish to fight any war in a manner similar to how communist china ( with no suppose civil freedom ) fight a war on terror . additionally and the viewer be ask whether civil liberty which have take many decade of struggle to obtain and keep be so worthless that they can be discard for any period of time . one of the most ironic part of the movie be that the quote by thomash jefferson the tree of liberty must be refresh from time to time with the blood of patriot and tyrant . be use by the arab suspect in his political science thesis and then the fbi agent question him ask whether the use of this statement be a call to violent dissent . the problem with this film be that both scenario use precisely the same dialog and this while initially effective get pretty boring at the end . also in pre abu ghraib world people could be happy at the realism of the level of abuse that both party experience and but we now know that a lot bad can and do happen . i can understand why this film isn not show more in the u and no one want our country compare to communist china and and certainly not at this time . whether this be a valid point for not show the film be debatable .