It is a good idea to know what the new depressing movie about the lowest parts of humanity “Sound of Freedom” is about before going in, just to prepare yourself. This film is about the massive worldwide problem of child sex slavery, that adds up to a 150 billion-dollar industry. None of these 2 hours are easy to watch, considering the lowlife involved who prey on children and sell them into sex slavery to the worst dregs of humanity worldwide. Way too much of this goes on in the United States. More people are now being used as sex slaves than ever existed in the world, including the time when slavery was legal.
This story is mainly about a poor family including a single father, his daughter 9, and a son 5 who live in Nicaragua. The two children are asked to do a photo shoot, with a woman, who looks like a high fashion model, who takes them to an apartment. When the father returns hours later to pick them up, his children are gone and on their way, via a cargo ship to Columbia to be used as sex slaves.
The remainder of this amazing true story is about FBI agent Tim Ballard, played very well by Jim Caviezel who makes it his mission in life to locate these two lost children from Nicaragua. Finding the 5-year-old boy, involved in a complex scam Ballard played on a pedophile, however finding the 9-year-old girl required him to risk his life in the jungles of Columbia inside of a crime gang. The most impressive part of this story was learning about the incredible dedication of this one FBI agent Tim Ballard to find and rescue this young girl.
Mira Sorvino plays Tim Ballard's wife Katherine in this film, her appearances are mostly very short and filmed with her facing toward Ballard so we never see her face within her entire role. I thought this was highly unusual, especially for a well-known actor, who has been relevant for over 30 years.
Movies like this one, make us aware of some of the worst parts of life that are so often, impossible to believe even exist. Millions of pedophiles around the world, generating 150 billion dollars in revenue, a problem that is growing so fast, it may even surpass the drug industry.
The Rotten Tomatoes reviews for Sound of Freedom are a solid 83% and I agree with this rating and recommend this film.
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