“War Within - hits home in every sense”
By Peter Relic
The extradition and torture of Pakistani engineer Hassan (cowriter Ayad Akhtar) sets in motion his transformation into the very thing he was not: a terrorist. While driving a cab and living in the family home of an old friend in New Jersey, Hassan follows the orders of a cell ringleader who rationalizes his own women-and-drink debauchery: “It’s good to taste the freedom that will destroy them.” This searing depiction of our seemingly endless “war on terror” hits home in every sense.