The film is adapted from real events. The original author is the protagonist himself. In 2002, he was illegally detained by the US military for 14 years without trial. After he was released from prison, he wrote his tragic experience into the book "My Days at Guantanamo".
The film is based on this autobiography. Through the perspective of the protagonist, Mohamed Slahi, it exposed all the darkness in Guantanamo Prison at that time, exposed the dirty scandal behind the 9/11 anti-terrorist operation in the United States, and shocked the world.
The film's narrative thread is divided into three lines: one is the struggle of prisoner Slashie, the other is the defense of attorney Nancy, and the other is Colonel Stu's transformation from hatred to justice.
The three-line narrative method creates a feeling of uncovering the truth layer by layer, and because of the repeated interspersed memories and fragmented editing, the audience can always maintain a clear thinking ability in the process.
A country that talks about "human rights" but kidnapped its citizens from other countries, imprisoned them for 14 years, and tortured them without evidence. This shows the hypocrisy and incompetence of the US government.
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