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...What was the scariest part? When the militiamen accused me of being a spy, pointed a gun at me, and released the safety. They asked if I was spying for the cia or fbi, and wouldn't believe me when I said neither...
...What else did the kidnappers say? The man who pointed his gun at me told me he was walking on the sidewalk and was arrested by the G.I.s when he wouldn't answer their questions. He said he was imprisoned for almost a month and regularly beaten up. One day, he said, he was taken to a private room and sexually assaulted. He asked me what I would have done if I were him, and I had no answer...
Since then, Tony Scott has audaciously continued to hijack mainstream film. Unlike brother Ridley, the younger Scott has consistently stamped what would otherwise be soulless B-movie fare with a surprising sense of heart, producing a distinctive brand of assured and inventive commercialism. With Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop II, True Romance, Crimson Tide, Enemy of the State and Spy Game under his belt, Scott has become explosive popcorn’s answer to Tom Hanks...
Even Mickey Rourke’s guest appearance is restrained. This is a guy who briefly quit acting to become a professional boxer. (Perhaps demonstrating Scott’s need for a modicum of Top Gun pizzazz, he has Rourke’s character killed by a mysterious samurai sword late in the film...
...that is, when he issued a call from his Najaf office for his black-clad militiamen to "terrorize your enemy." Thousands took to the streets of the capital to attack American forces, and soon a string of cities across the formerly pacific Shi'ite heartland were aflame with running gun battles aimed at ending the U.S.-led occupation...