Based on true events, ‘Sound of Freedom’ is a biographical action movie starring Jim Caviezel as a Special Agent who quits his job to take on the mission of rescuing children from human traffickers and cartels in Colombia. Co-written and directed by Alejandro Monteverde, besides Caviezel, the film features impressive onscreen performances from a talented ensemble cast comprising Mira Sorvino, Bill Camp, Kurt Fuller, Gary Basaraba, and José Zúñiga. If you’re unfamiliar with Angel Studios’ Sound of Freedom, it’s because this is a rare film to make noise at the summer box office that isn’t getting released by one of the primary studios.
The film has made over $40 million since it opened in theaters on July 4th. Person of Interest and The Passion of the Christ star Jim Caviezel headlines the film as Tim Ballard, a former Homeland Security agent who founded Operation Underground Railroad, an organization dedicated to fighting child trafficking around the world. The film purports to be based on a true story based on Ballard’s mission to save children from sex traffickers in Colombia.
However, other news outlets have challenged Ballard’s account and the accuracy of the events depicted within the film. Not that accuracy has ever stopped Hollywood from making a movie before. The narrative of ‘Sound of Freedom’ follows a Special Agent named Tim Ballard who quits his job in US Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and decides to turn into a vigilante, embarking on a dangerous mission to go against cartels and human traffickers deep into the Colombian jungle.
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