Film Review – Sound of Freedom

During the end credit scroll for “Sound of Freedom,” a “special message” is presented, taking attention away from the professionals who helped to create the movie. Actor Jim Caviezel pops up to share the story of the feature’s journey to theaters, encouraging people to share word of the film’s release while noting that it took five years for the picture to reach screens. There’s the passing suggestion that a lack of big studio support was the reason for the delay, but after watching “Sound of Freedom,” it’s pretty clear why such an endeavor was left to gather dust on a shelf. It’s an incredibly dull offering of real-world horror from co-writer/director Alejandro Monteverde (“Belle,” “Little Boy”), who takes on the agony of child sex trafficking with all the depth of a television production, going slow and shallow with this Rambo-esque take on everyday heroism, which is a thinly veiled commercial for Tim Ballard and his questionable activity in the world of vigilantism. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com