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The War Within
Directed by
Joseph Castelo
2005
1h 33m
Not Rated
Drama
6.8
71%
64%
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A Pakistani involved in a planned attack in New York City experiences a crisis of conscience.
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Cast of The War Within
Ayad Akhtar
Hassan
Firdous Bamji
Sayeed Choudhury
Nandana Sen
Duri Choudhury
Sarita Choudhury
Farida S. Choudhury
Charles Daniel Sandoval
Khalid
Varun Sriram
Ali S. Choudhury
Anjeli Chapman
Rasheeda S. Choudhury
John Ventimiglia
Gabe
Michael McGlone
Mike O’Reilly
Ajay Naidu
Naved
Kamal Marayati
Imam
Wayman Ezell
Izzy
James Rana
Saudi Man
Christopher Castelo
Steven
Aasif Mandvi
Abdul
The War Within Reviews
Houston Chronicle
Bruce Westbrook
Shows the reality and tragedy of gulfs between human beings who might otherwise learn to love each other.
Miami Herald
Marta Barber
The storyline in The War Within is far from fluid and, at times, overwrought. But it doesn't stop the film from capturing one's interest.
San Francisco Chronicle
Walter V. Addiego
The picture couldn't be more topical, but in the end it feels schematic, and you sense that the filmmakers are trying too hard to be even-handed.
Detroit Free Press
Terry Lawson
Well-made, well-informed and apparently well-meant psychological thriller.
Newsday
John Anderson
Madly rational and persuasive political drama.
Detroit News
Tom Long
This movie doesn't take the easy way out. Instead it tries to track the ripples of devastation caused by misunderstanding and then blind dedication.
Seattle Times
Jeff Shannon
With subject matter so potentially intense, it's a ho-hum thriller with a predictable outcome.
Dallas Morning News
Chris Vognar
A jarringly realistic, psychologically astute portrait of a budding suicide bomber with his eyes set on Grand Central Station.
New York Post
Kyle Smith
Chillingly realistic but deeply repellent, The War Within is a film that should not have been made.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
All this is neatly laid out -- too neatly. The results lack the shadows and fog of real life.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
The details the film provides of how a lonely true believer might try to wreak havoc on thousands of strangers are horrifyingly believable.
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
The War Within is not entirely free from an aura of didacticism or contrivance, but the film by and large functions as a taut thriller.
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
Along with the obvious practical, political self-interest, there's an undeniable creepy voyeurism that enters our desire to know what goes on in the mind of a suicide bomber.
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
It's thanks to Akhtar's standout performance that The War Within is as electrifying as it is.
Ebert & Roeper
Richard Roeper
Very good.
Washington Post
Teresa Wiltz
Call it a portrait of a mild-mannered zealot, one that seeps under the skin and unsettles the nerves.
L.A. Weekly
Ella Taylor
Lyrically shot by Lisa Rinzler, but mired in noir cliché, the movie manages to be simultaneously overwrought and undercooked.
Variety
Robert Koehler
An honorable but failed attempt to dramatize the dynamics that propel a basically good man to become a suicide bomber.
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
Despite an admirable effort to explore topical concerns, both director and actor are obviously overwhelmed by the immensity of the subject matter.
New York Times
Ned Martel
The War Within succeeds only as a thriller with some wartime overtones, rather than as a character study that thrills.
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