Rated R / 2 hr 8 min / Biography - Drama - Thriller
What is it about?
This is the story of Wikileaks.org. Actually it's the story of the men behind putting it together, and the rise of the site into prominence within the news industry. The story is told mostly through the eyes of Daniel Berg who helped to build the wikileaks site. At the same time he tries to keep Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks.org, from going too far in his quest to release classified information.
You will like it if...
You like true life dramatizations. "Based on a true story" is just a neat way to fictionalize something that actually happened. This movie is based off two books. One of which was written by Daniel Berg, and the other written by two employees of The Guardian. The script is bipolar in it's presentation. It equally sings the praises of Wikileaks.org, and shows the shortcomings of Julian Assange. The two are at times presented as being the same thing. You can tell that the authors of the books that the script is based on do not view Assange in a favorable light. Bennedict Cumberbatch's performance as Assange is fantastic, and the story is interesting which makes makes it worth checking out. The poor script and one-sided presentation are why you should probably wait for it to come out on redbox.
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