Tortured (film)

Tortured is a 2008 American crime thriller film written and directed by Nolan Lebovitz and starring Cole Hauser, Laurence Fishburne, and James Cromwell.

FBI agent Kevin Cole goes undercover as Jimmy Vaughn, an organized crime enforcer.

When he is ordered to undertake the week-long torture of accountant Archie Green, Kevin begins to question his role in government service, where often he must hurt or end another human being's life just to make a bust.

Andrew L. Urban praised the actor's performances and the film's production value however drew attention to poor writing saying that "the writing tries so hard to make a mysterious web of deceit that it ends up tying itself in knots".

[2] David Nusair gave the film a score of 1.5 out of 4 calling it a "well-intentioned yet undeniable misfire".