Taxi to the Dark Side

2008 106 min ★ 6.9 Documentary

An in-depth look at the torture practices of the United States in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, focusing on an innocent taxi driver in Afghanistan who was tortured and killed in 2002.

Cast

Alex Gibney

Narrator (voice)

Brian Keith Allen

Soldier - New York studio shoot reenactment

Moazzam Begg

Self - Torture Victim (as Moazzam Beg)

Christopher Beiring

Self - Captain

Carl Levin

Self

Jack Reed

Self (archive footage)

Details

Director

Alex Gibney

Tagline

"In 2002, a young cab driver picked up a few passengers near his home in Afghanistan... He never returned"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$1,000,000

Revenue

$274,661

Production

Wider Film Projects, Jigsaw Productions

Reviews

C

CinemaSerf

May 17, 2026

★ 7/10

Although this is ostensibly about the death in custody of a taxi driver; it actually pans out to provide for a savage critique on the policy of the George W. Bush administration towards those incarcerated under military jurisdiction following the atrocities of 9/11. Using a fairly extensive array of archive footage and pretty condemnatory photography, this interviews many of those victims and thei...