The War Within

This tale of a Pakistani man who comes to the United States to commit an act of terrorism is a bit didactic, but nonetheless interesting. It effectively shows what kind of humiliation someone would have to suffer to consider strapping a bomb to his chest, and it gives the terrorist a human face without ever excusing the terror. In that, it’s both fair and balanced, but it may be a little too fair and balanced, because it comes across as more of a treatise than a drama. Still, the acting is impressive, and the story is taught and tensely told.