I was hoping for at least fingers . . .

Rating: 8/10 (3 February 2013)

. . . to be falling by the wayside, after all the ruckus in the press about the so-called torture scenes. I saw a movie a couple of years ago with Samuel L. Jackson or Laurence Fishburne, in which they pretend to be a terrorist torturer, but actually are in this CIA sound stage in New Jersey. They cut off at least four fingers from this terrorist sympathizer before whacking him. To get Bin Laden, you would think that just four fingers would a child's play compared to what the detainees actually would be willing to give up before they spilled the beans. But in ZERO DARK THIRTY, all the HELP lady needs to do is have one of her buddies pour a little water into this guy's mouth, and he's blabbing away like a brook! Golly, this is a desert, for crying out loud! Guys would be saying "thank you" for a little extra water in real life. So just what was all the hullabaloo about? If evil folks are going to go around blowing up skyscrapers and jets full of people, they should feel they're getting off easy if the price of being captured is anything less than four fingers!