Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment vs Taxi to the Dark Side
Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7/10 for Taxi to the Dark Side). Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment is the shorter watch at 1h compared with 1h 46m. Taxi to the Dark Side is the older of the two (2008 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment
Taxi to the Dark Side| Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment | Taxi to the Dark Side | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2008 |
| Length | 1h | 1h 46m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | United Kingdom | – |
| Director | Steve Lawson | Alex Gibney |
| Main cast | Richard Felix, Mark Topping | Alex Gibney, Brian Keith Allen, Moazzam Begg, Christopher Beiring, Carl Levin |
Synopsis
Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment
From ancient practices such as death by a thousand cuts and hanging, drawing and quartering to the modern scientific era of lethal injection, we ask the question: do the most horrific crimes deserve the most horrific of punishments?
Taxi to the Dark Side
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.
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