9/11 broke him. 13 years later, he's back to break them.
A young American real estate agent of Middle Eastern descent is framed by his co-workers in the wake of the September 11 attacks and sent to prison at Guantanamo Bay. Thirteen years later, he returns to Los Angeles under a false identity to exact revenge.
Acting
Ethan Rains carries 13 years of swallowed rage in his shoulders.
Direction
Nine directors somehow create a coherent, fractured vision.
Director
Michael Basha
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Nine directors split the film by timeline — the Guantanamo sequences and LA revenge were shot by entirely different teams who weren't allowed to see each other's dailies.
Released quietly in 2019, the film gained retrospective urgency post-2021 Afghanistan withdrawal discussions about Guantanamo detainees. Ethan Rains researched by corresponding with three former detainees, one of whom appears in a wordless cameo as a fellow prisoner.
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