DVD Review: “Whistleblower”

Whistleblower

Released: January 24, 2012

Studio: 20th Century Fox

Running Time: 112 minutes

ABOUT:

How far will one woman go to fight global injustice? Inspired by true events, THE WHISTLEBLOWER has been met with praise by critics and heralded at the Palm Springs International Film Festival (“Best Narrative Feature”), Seattle Film Festival (“Best Director”) and Whistler Film Festival (“Best Film,” “Best Narrative Feature”).

Academy Award winners Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardner) and Vanessa Redgrave (Julia) head a powerful cast that includes Oscar® Nominee David Strathairn (Good Night and Good Luck) in writer-director Larysa Kondracki’s harrowing dramatic thriller. When Nebraska cop Kathryn Bolkovac (Weisz) accepts a U.N. peacekeeper position in post-war Bosnia, she uncovers a deadly sex trafficking ring. After learning that fellow peacekeepers and military contractors are involved in the ghastly practice and its cover-up, Bolkovac risks her own life to save the lives of others and expose the corruption.

MY THOUGHTS:

Rachel Weisz delivered an awesome performance as a mom who lost custody of her daughter and went from a small-town cop to a United Nations Peacekeeper job.  Her new job was to work in Bosnia as a Peacekeeper which she quickly took over a human trafficking case.  She finds out girls are being trafficked and abused, and that the men in charge are high in ranks.  It is a fact-based drama which makes it a sad and tough movie when you see what was really going on.  I thought the movie flowed nicely with all the characters and the story line was in-tact.  I didn’t feel like I was missing anything.  I will say though there are some accents a little hard to understand and a few sub-titles to read but otherwise the movie was easy to pick up what was going on.  Also, there are some pretty graphic images of what was happening to the girls, which is tough to watch and stomach.  The movie is not meant to be a happy movie, but a drama that has an amazing female character lead and storyline.  I actually could watch this movie again now that I know the outcome and because I did miss a few things.

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