WARNING: This review contains spoilers for the movie The Sound of Freedom.

Anti-trafficking organization Operation Underground Railroad founder Timothy Ballard saves children from sex slavery in countries around the world because “children of God are not for sale,” according to new film It is their mission to do so. Sound of Freedom. “

“sound of freedom” is produced by Angle Studios, Writer/Director: Alejandro Monteverdeis based on the true story of Ballard’s journey as a government employee, from catching a pedophile to self-rescuing children who are often not found even after the perpetrator is caught. Actor Jim Caviezel (The Passion of the Christ, Frequencies, Déjà Vu) will play Ballard, the most important role since he played Jesus in Mel Gibson’s Passion of the Christ. It is said that it is a role. Christ. ” (Related: Former border agency chief says investigators have no more time to probe child trafficking)

After spending his early days at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) wrecking the U.S. human traffickers, Ballard returns to his family every night, images of thousands of children who were brutally victimized. I tried to erase it from my brain. At the beginning of the film, when his colleague says he doesn’t know if he can do the job anymore, Ballard replies that at the end of the day, he has to be content with just catching bad guys because they can’t. He saves everyone, but things quickly change when he meets a little boy named Miguel.

Caviezel’s performance provides a deeply thoughtful, and often painful, perspective on the life of a man tasked with dismantling one of the world’s fastest growing crime syndicates. When asked why Ballard would risk his career and retirement to leave the reservation to fulfill his obsession with helping children outside of DHS jurisdiction, Caviezel’s quiet but Desperate words tear the conscience apart. “This job will tear you to pieces” [and] This is your only chance to get those parts back. “

But the real stars of the film are Miguel and Rocío, a brother-sister duo played by Lucas Avila and Crystal Aparico, whose sincerity and heartbreaking innocence bring the audience to tears again and again. In the film, two children are taken from a single father in Honduras under the guise of a talent audition, placed on a ship bound for Mexico, and then separated and sold.

The moment is paralleled by haunting, real-life images of children being snatched from their mother’s arms while playing soccer, or on their way home from school. On numerous occasions, victims have been seen kicking and struggling to escape, while onlookers watch and do nothing to stop them.

Miguel was rescued several months later by DHS agents at the Mexican-US border as part of a covert mission, but his sister was nowhere to be found. After reuniting her boy with her father, Miguel gives Ballard the necklace that belonged to Rocío, begging him to find her.

Seven-year-old Miguel and 11-year-old Rocío face their fears of children being sold as sex slaves. As Ballard argues in the film, someday it will not be just children from distant lands, but ourselves who are subject to this evil. The film is rated PG-13 and does not show any graphic depictions of violence, but Rocío is branded by a human trafficker to stop him from escaping, and if Miguel is assaulted, it will be his sister’s death. Several scenes depict the moments leading up to the abuse, including life-threatening threats. Disobey those who bought him.

Other notable performances include José Zuniga (Twilight, Madame Secretary, American Crime Story) and Bill Camp (12 Years a Slave, The Father of the Children) as Roberto, the children’s father. Queen’s Gambit”, “Joker”). ) as Batman. Camp’s character, a former Colombian mafia boss, has a cringeworthy moment when his former life finally catches up with him before agreeing to help Ballard in a sting operation to save 54 children from a sex hotel. I will explain.

The film’s third act is a gripping narrative that tells the story of Ballard’s efforts to infiltrate the criminal organization to which Rocío was sold. Posing as a UN medical worker, Ballard enters gang territory and nearly witnesses a rape scene, but gets into a fight with the man who captured Rocio, and ends up with a girl under cover of darkness as a rain of gunfire pours down. escape with the

The film is set to release in select theaters on July 4, 2023, and Angel Studios is currently Recruitment Pay It Forward Program. Viewers can pay to have the movie seen by others who otherwise wouldn’t be able to see it.

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