This is an important film and may make my top ten list of 2014. I wish this one had been easier to find in theaters last year because I would have loved to have seen it on the big screen. It’s the true story of a reporter who uncovered a connection between the CIA and drugs to fund the Contras in Nicaragua back in the 1980’s.
What starts out as a big scoop turns into a nightmare as this reporter is threatened and nearly loses everything to get the truth out. This is a POWERFUL critique on modern journalism. It shows how the corporate control of the media, money, & power ensure that certain stories don’t make headlines while others do, all the time protecting the most powerful in our government and society.
Jeremy Renner does some of the best work of his career here. Highly recommended.