My wife and I saw this film this afternoon to get out oof the heat and to see what the fuss is about regarding this film. It was made for a budget the fraction of Indiana Jones yet has outlearned that great series. The movie is based on a trues story of a member of the US Homeland Security , Tim Ballard, played so well by Jim Caziel. His wife in the film who not only supported his decision to quit his job within months of getting his pension , to quit and go to Cartagena Colombia to look for stolen children used in the sex trafficking industry. The story is told in a very simple, short and straightforward way such that I never checked my watch. This is a movie that very adult should see and certainly any adult who has young children IMHO
The back story to this film is quite interesting inasmuch as the film was in the can for the past 5 years as it could not get a studio to pick it up because of the controversial topic. Hence comes Angel Studios
Mira Sorvino plays Ted's wife .
The story was sobering and well told with absolutely no graphic scenes which made the film even more meaningful. The child actors were terrific. From what I understand Angel Studios came into the picture and provided the money to get it shown in theaters. At the end of the rolling credits was a 2 minute message by Jim Caziel which also was a passionate and sobering speech.
I know that this film has also drawn its naysaysers so it would be my plea that posting in this thread be polite and courteous.
There have been a lot of terrific action packed films this year which have all been top notch but this little film for me has so far been my Best Film of the year. Two thumbs up!!! Way up
The back story to this film is quite interesting inasmuch as the film was in the can for the past 5 years as it could not get a studio to pick it up because of the controversial topic. Hence comes Angel Studios
Mira Sorvino plays Ted's wife .
The story was sobering and well told with absolutely no graphic scenes which made the film even more meaningful. The child actors were terrific. From what I understand Angel Studios came into the picture and provided the money to get it shown in theaters. At the end of the rolling credits was a 2 minute message by Jim Caziel which also was a passionate and sobering speech.
I know that this film has also drawn its naysaysers so it would be my plea that posting in this thread be polite and courteous.
There have been a lot of terrific action packed films this year which have all been top notch but this little film for me has so far been my Best Film of the year. Two thumbs up!!! Way up
