Because they were never actually sure which cities he had placed bombs in.
They suspected L.A. and New York and the third one could be anywhere in between.
The more effective but obvious abhorrent method would have been to allow H to torture the children.
Both the Original and Extended Version are featured on the US-DVD/Blu-ray. The latter contains only one extended scene: the ending, which is very grim and bitter in the Extended Version and continues after the scene of Helen and the children.
Henry Harold 'H' Humphries and Steven Arthur Younger
What is the plot of Unthinkable?
Follows a black-ops interrogator and an F.B.I. agent who try to press a suspect terrorist into divulging the location of three nuclear weapons set to detonate in the U.S.
What was the budget for Unthinkable?
$15 million
How much did Unthinkable earn at the worldwide box office?
