The Whistleblower (2010)

The Whistleblower (2010)

Genre: Thriller

Directed by: Larysa Kondracki

Starring: Rachel Weisz, David Strathairn, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Monica Belluci

Running time: 108 minutes

Kathryn Bolkovac is a cop in Nebraska who is trying to relocate after her divorce so as to be close to her daughter, who will be living with her father. Unable to do so, she accepts a lucrative job with the UN International Police, in post-war Bosnia-Herzegovina, for a UK company. What she thinks will be short-term easy money grab turns out to be a lot more than that. After successfully fighting to help Muslim women who are victims of domestic abuse, she gets a new job title and realizes that people around her are aiding and protecting a group of human traffickers. She will have to give it all she has got to make it stop. But, can she?

The Whistleblower is based on a true story, which makes it even more shocking. It is quite disgusting to think that human beings would put each other through such hell in real life and not just in the movies.

Rachel Weisz did some real good acting work here, and so did most of the cast involved. It all felt very real and very dire for all the people in trouble. The ending is not very satisfactory, but that is a risk when you are dealing with a true story that you respect as a filmmaker. Nonetheless, The Whistleblower is a movie to see, a real compelling story that will unfortunately make you doubt the goodness of the human race.

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