The Drinker Recommends... Sound of Freedom 

Apparently we’ve reached the point in our society where a movie about protecting and saving children from s$x trafficking is a “controversy”

When the media says fighting against child sex trafficking makes you a loony, then you know you’re on the right path.

I was a victim of child exploitation and SA. The first two minutes I was sobbing. I'm so glad my husband was there with me. The end note when he said "the real heroes are the children this story is about" reminded me of the way the officer looked me in the eyes that rescued me. He said, "You're a hero. He won't hurt you or your brother anymore. You're so brave for telling". This film gave me hope and I love that despite the children having their innocence taken, they were still worth saving. Giving survivors a voice was the most powerful thing I've seen in cinema. I hugged my children extra hard tonight.

The two main child actors deserve awards. The kid who plays Miguel especially, he conveys so much depth just with his eyes and expressions. This whole movie is a masterpiece, and I pray it wakes enough people up to the horror of what’s happening that we elect leaders who’ll try to stop this Evil instead of facilitating it.

If the media says it’s bad, it surely must be the best movie in the year

I'm an officer who has had to investigate child crimes. Thankfully, not to the degree Tim Ballard did, but is still takes a toll. Jim Caviezel gives a knockout performance. I concur with the drinker's analysis. What it took to get this movie into the theater is a story all it's own. Shame on Disney for seemingly trying to bury this movie. Everyone should go see this movie because we need people aware of the evil out there. Props to you drinker for covering and recommending it.

This was the best super hero movie we've gotten in a decade.

As of right now Tim has over 7000+ rescues and 5000+ arrest, this man is a real life superhero and I hope he continues his work and wish him, his team and family the best. I've seen him in a couple podcast and interview and I recommend a watch if you already haven't

A film about k*lling human traffickers beating a Hollywood movie at the box office. Poetic justice.

The media said “cuties” which exploited children was “harmless” but “don’t go watch this conspiracy theory movie”.

I have never had a reaction to a film like I did to that one. I left the cinema, got in my car, and started to drive home. After pulling out of the theatre parking lot I started crying uncontrollably for about 10 minutes straight. I haven't really cried about anything beyond tearing up in years. It's one of those films that just feel important to watch.

If opposing child trafficking is far right then that’s a label I’ll wear unapologetically. The shame lies with the enemy.

I think an independent film renaissance is exactly what the public needs at the moment. It’s a good way to detoxify ourselves from all the mindless, big-budget dumpster fires we’ve been relentlessly subjected to.

The fact that no celebrities, tv network, news, politicians haven’t mentioned this movie, speaks volumes. Props to you for giving this movie the attention it deserves.

Jim Caviezel did an amazing performance in The Count of Monte Cristo. He's a very talented actor.

Just came out of a theatre on a Monday night. Except for the first 3 rows of the theatre, every seat was full. Huge round of applause following the end of the film. This film manages to inspire those who watch it. It’s more than a film and I am glad to took the time to watch it.

I work in a Human Trafficking unit and the detectives see horrors every day. I’m a mere secretary but just their conversations about what they see and the occasional video I catch while walking by give me nightmares. God bless these heroes.

The fact that Rolling Stone had an absolute meltdown over this after they fell over themselves praising Cuties makes me want to see it even more.

Jim Caveizel is a phenomenal actor. He deserves more awards and praise for his work.

Child trafficking is almost never talked about or seen and it thrives off of its secrecy. This movie is important, ignore the media, all they want are movies set in fantasy and not reality. let this movie strike cords in people and let them see reality, and what the world truly wants to disguise.

The fact that the media are angry that this movie shines a light on the horrors of child trafficking is very sickening and shows you the kind of monsters who exist in this world. I’m glad that this movie now exists and hopefully, maybe we’ll get more that shine lights on these heavy topic.

You always have to question the reason why there's people who don't want movies like these to do well in the box office.

FINALLY saw this movie, and it’s extremely well done, especially the scenes showing how the adults manipulated the kids- I’ve never felt such righteous anger watching a film. Devastating but good and important watch.

You know it's a good movie when it brings you to tears

Eduardo Verastegui, the producer of this magnificent film (and who plays Paul the financier), said in a recent interview that the child actors were never told about the real story. He said they were given a different story to illicit their emotional response. I doubt that level of compassion exists in the filth of Hollywood.

I love the fact that Disney was supposed to release this but decided not to. Now Angel Studios gets the profit and acclaim whilst Disney fails again and again 😂

Jim Caviezel was brilliant and understated in Person of Interest for 5 seasons - I'm glad he has got what looks like a big hit again.

Watched today in Prime Video. Dark and deep, powerful story. Surprised is on Prime. A must watch

"God's Children are not for sale." Badass line

The fact that Disney buried it for so many years says a lot about them.

Bill Camp was the standout in this film for me. He was terrific in his role I thought, as was Jim ofc

You summarized it nicely: Sound of Freedom is an intense character drama that puts the focus on reuniting kids with their families without showing all of the grotesque things they had to go through. It's a powerful movie that will be stuck in my mind for a long time.

This movie is not about giving you some time to enjoy a fantasy. This movie is about giving you some time to see reality.

Reminder: This movie was finished 5 years ago. Disney got the rights to it when the bought FOX and suddenly prevented it from releasing. It's only out now because the creators got the rights back. Why would Disney not want this movie to be released, I wonder?

Just watched it last night. I'm a 31 year old man and there were a few parts in this movie that really fucked me up. When he finds the boy in the car and you can see he's terrified very much hurt to see. I know it's a movie, and it was just an actor... But realizing that this shit really happens and is a far bigger problem than most people know is disturbing. It was an excellent movie but it's one everyone needs to see.

Caviezel is absolutely talented. He has always been an actor who can communicate so much with his eyes. This was such a dark yet hope inspiring film. Too many people are blind to this evil. I am so happy that it got so much attention despite the media's best attempts otherwise.

"Saving children from *unspeakable* *acts* is a powerful and righteous mission." That right there is why they hate this movie!

Jim Caviezel is a criminally underrated actor

i cried during almost the entire thing. i never cry through movies. this movie was one of the most needed movie america needed to see, especially since its such a big industry right now. ppl are sick. this movie shed light on this but also the good men that fight it. Excellent movie!

Finally saw it last night. It was phenomenal. Mainstream Hollywood can strike forever until they make movies as well written as this.

“When exposing a crime is treated as committing a crime, you are being ruled by criminals!” - Edward Snowden

When media outlets like CNN & The Guardian talk down on a movie like “Sound of Freedom,” you know it’s worth watching

I was on the verge of tears throughout the entire film.

My 80 year old parents are going to see it this weekend. It’ll be the only movie they’ve seen in the past two years. It was recommended to them by my 70 year old aunt and her husband who saw it last week. This might give you some idea of how powerful the movie can be.

Says A LOT about Hollywood and media when they are against an anti child trafficking movie.

My husband and I took our teenage son. Cried like a baby. Couldn't stop thinking about it all day after watching it. We were so moved, my son went to the O.U.R website to see about creating an anti-trafficking club at his High School. We've gotta make some noise about this!!

I worked on the HBO miniseries “The Night of” and that’s the first time I have ever seen a performance by Bill Camp and he really caught me off guard. Working on set with big names like John Turturro and Michael k Williams, Camp’s performance was what I remembered most. Seeing him pop up in movies and getting some recognition puts a big smile on my face.

Thanks for suggesting this movie! One of the best I've seen this year!

"Leave kids alone" and "human trafficking is bad and needs to be stopped!" Are controversial statements in the year 2023!

This is not a left and right issue, this is an issue about children and we need to stand together to fight this evil

Watched it yesterday. It was awesome. We must support movies like this, or else we are looking at a world where barbie is considered as a top notch movie.

I’m 17 minutes in watching the movie and I’m getting a migraine, chills, and my heart is breaking cuz all of this is so real and is happening AS WE SPEAK.

As a Christian it's brilliant to see so much support for the work Jim does exposing evil in high places.

$40M so far, on a $12M budget. This movie is selling out everywhere it's playing and they are trying to keep it from playing everywhere. Even if you have to drive over to another town to catch it, please do it. Great movie!! Drinker is dead on that it is not an action movie, but a movie that does call us all to action. #stopchildtrafficking

Beyond being really quite good, it's an *important* movie. You don't need to see it because you need to be entertained. You need to see it because you need to know what's happening.

I just finished watching the movie. What a heart breaking, emotional, brave true story this was. This is a movie that definitely deserves recognition for the message and reality it sends to its viewers about a touchy subject that we face in todays world. A brave and touching story.

Just saw it yesterday. It's a very powerful and emotional movie. They all did a great job of exposing this sick and disgusting crime. As a Police Officer of 30 years, I have been well aware of this problem for decades. But, because it involves the highest levels of every company and industry, it is never covered in the media. Now it's time. We cannot wait a second longer. Each child needs to be rescued and all the perpetrators need to be apprehended and prosecuted. God Bless all those children.

I love how quick it gets criticism for exaggerating the actual events, meanwhile, Woman King was like the best thing since sliced bread.

So sad that kids...babies...are being tortured every damn day by these monsters. Everyone needs to see this movie and be aware of what's been going on.

Count of Monte Cristo is on of my all time favorite movies. Didn't realize it was the same actor in this movie, thanks for pointing it out.

Ballard and the people at O.U.R. Rescue are heroes. Don't just go see the movie; donate to them or buy their merchandise to help the cause.

I was never trafficked. But I was a victim of SA by an adult, as a kid. I think this is the most important film of our time. It tells a dark tale, through the lens of hope. It’s never graphic, like Drinker said. Think Hitchcock. But if I can watch to it’s amazing conclusion, I think most people can.

"A man seen things that will never be unsee, and it weighs heavily on his soul" Jim Caviezel is unbelievably good at portraying characters like this, UNBELIEVABLY GOOD

Even if there was a grain of truth to what some people and the media are saying about this movie, the way they all reacted in unison against it and the main message of the story was disturbing and disgusting. They tried to make everyone look crazy while they were acting crazy obvious 😂

The media & Hollywood won’t touch this media and I’m sure that’s no shock to any of us why they’re so afraid of a movie calling out child trafficking. A big thanks to all of the RU-vidrs stepping out and bringing attention to this film.

What I love the most about this movie is that it portrays the story of true masculinity. A married, responsible, family man sacrifices his job and potentially his own life to protect and save exploited children. These children are the truly marginalized.

Drinker, I've alwayed admired you as a movie reviewing artist, but today I admired you as a man and a decent human being. God bless ya.

to all the people who say: age is just a number a electric chair is just furniture

It says so much about Disney that they didn’t want to release this film

The fact that this movie seems to have struck a nerve with a lot of powerful institutions tells you everything you need to know about them.

It was a solid movie. I had an altercation with a sex trafficker by chance one time ( He was Jamaican, not Latino and I don't think it was children) so I totally understood when he confronted that Lawyer about that child and how that lawyer got irritate....The same thing happened to me in 2013. I was working security at a club and this guy was getting agitated with my boss and the bouncer working the door when they wouldn't let him in. Since he was bigger than they were , he was trying to intimidate them! However, when I walked up and stood behind my boss and looked him eye to eye, the dude went from agitated to irritate. If it hadn't been for the supervisor, I would have probably put him and handcuffs and CT'ed him right there.... however, the guy kept escalating and the supervisor asked me to get his friends. By the time I got back , the guy walked somewhere out in the parking lot. Actually I followed him around the building as he was casing the place on how he could get into the club. I was close enough that if I wanted to, I could have probably broke his neck a couple of times and he would have never even have known what happened. He comes back to the front, still unaware I was behind him to try and bully my supervisor and the bouncer again. When he realized I was right behind him, he tried to get into my face again. Once again, my supervisor sent me to get the group he came with in the club. We told them they had to get him off the property so , they left and we assumed that would be it ... I decided to go on the patio and talk to the bartender outside about the whole affair..... Suddenly I hear someone climbing over the chain link and it was this mudder fugger. I absolutely lost it! His ass was grass and I was the lawnmower. I whooped his @$$ , put him in cuffs and dragged him crying and pissing his self up to the front, I called Waco PD reported my name and the incident....the officer that showed up just so happened to be my squad leader in the National Guard. After they had ran his background, he was the one that told me he was a sex trafficker. These people really are garbage humans.

Fantastic movie!! Grips you from the very beginning. A cornucopia of emotions, and great storytelling

The same people who want you to worry about misgendering, micro aggressions, and cultural appropriation also think it's super important that you don't overreact to child sx trafficking

It makes sense that Disney didn't want to release this film as it clearly goes against their current child grooming narrative.

Drinker THANK YOU for having the integrity and courage to review this film. Just got out of the theater and its a rough watch at times but a necessary one. So freaking hard to believe the left is freaking out over this film. Says all you need to know about them.

Not gonna lie, the only reason I want to watch Sound of Freedom because of Jim Caviezel but it made watch it more thanks to the things that are happening.

Thank you, Drinker! I’ve been honored to have a small part in helping to promote/distribute this film over the last 4+ Years and the battle we’ve had to fight to get this released, so it means so much that you would use your massive platform to highlight how good of a film it is especially due to the importance of highlighting this grave topic of child/sex trafficking

Caviezel seems to be one of the last Hollywood actors genuinely unafraid to take on REALLY touchy subjects

I loved this film, and it provoked a lot in my heart since I have a 3 year old. This verse went through my head over and over during the movie. This is what the Lord Almighty said: ‘Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another. 10 Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. Do not plot evil against each other.’

I just finished watching it. Thank you drinker for bringing it to my attention

Thanks, Drinker, for having the balls to review this in an honest and heartfelt way.

UFC President Dana White said he would pay for the tickets for any of his fighters that want to watch the movie. Glad to see there's some other people in power bringing awareness to it.

Saw the movie today. Genuinely one of the saddest, heart-wrenching movies I've ever seen. Anyone claiming this is a bad movie for any absurd reason, such as promoting child porn, is a fool and an idiot. It was so hard to watch a lot of the scenes because of how brutal and evil these people are.

We saw it Thursday 7/13/23 here in California in a packed theater at the 7:30pm showing. Outstanding and powerful film. And - for what it’s worth - the theater next door has a grand total of four (!) people at the 8:30pm showing of Dial of Destiny.

I work for the company that produced this film, Angel Studios, and I so hoped you would review this movie. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart.

The thought of the industry trying to hide something like this honestly terrifies me. A MOVIE had these people shook enough to try and shelf it. We live in a world that accepts predators and it’s disgusting

75% of the way thru the movie I was like, “wait a minute, wasn’t this supposed to be like some crazy Q-anon conspiracy theory movie!?” These media jackasses didn’t even watch it!

I just saw the movie and I almost cry at the end. So sad to see media are trashing this

To the biblical enemy, exposing child-trafficking and even pedophilia in that manner is like holding up a garlic clove to a vampire.

The reason Jim Caviezel hasn't "broken out" is 100% because he's openly Christian and advertises his faith. He's a good actor who has made good role choices. He got blackballed because they assumed his politics go against the narrative.

It was an entertaining movie with a good message.

Ty so much for this video! I never heard of this movie until you, and we went and saw it and I was not disappointed.

Apparently, it showed on half the screens of Dial of Destiny and made double the money per screen despite nonexistent mainstream promotion or advertising. Speaks volumes.

I was in LE and worked at the FBI, people have no idea how huge a problem child sex trafficking is and it certainly is very suspicious how the media refuse to talk about it and attack anyone that does. This movie is excellent and Jim Caviezel as always is great, this reminds me a bit of his role in the popular TV show from a few years ago "Person of Interest" which had a plot that the current Mission Impossible has borrowed.

Drinker, you were right. This movie was phenomenal. And I think made its money back despite being a Schindler's Lost type movie that I wouldn't rewatch. Good call, mate.

The pushback from Hollywood was INTENSE! They really didn’t want this one out there.

I haven't seen a movie in theatres in 8 years but broke the streak for this one. Great film.

I was never trafficked. But I was a victim of SA by an adult, as a kid. I think this is the most important film of our time. It tells a dark tale, through the lens of hope. It’s never graphic, like Drinker said. Think Hitchcock. But if I can watch to it’s amazing conclusion, I think most people can. So if you’re worried about it. Don’t be. 🙏🏼 See this film!

Thank you for using your platform to recommend this movie and therefore raise awareness about trafficking

It was great. People were sniffling and crying all around me in 4 or 5 parts. Jim Caviezel was amazing.