this be an excellent movie with good acting and it keep your attention through to the very end . maybe people be either tired or uncomfortable with the subject matter and that why it be trash so much . it could also be too deep for many of the viewer out there who give movie like the american pie series high rating . jake gyllenhaal be a cia analyst and not an agent and who be to observe an interrogation of an egyptian man by moroccan and not egyptian . he not suppose to be a hardened agent and so come off a naive of the interrogation technique use . this be more believable than if he be to come across a be an old hat at it . the story jump around a bit and can be confusing and but it also make you stay focus on whats go on until the end when everything come together a the puzzle fall into place . the support actor do a good job of help to carry the movie . i find the movie to be powerful and think provoking .