Kill the Messenger
Kill the Messenger

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Based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb. The film takes place in the mid-1990s, when Webb uncovered the CIA's past role in importing huge amounts of cocaine into the U.S. that was aggressively sold in ghettos across the country to raise money for the Nicaraguan Contras' rebel army. Despite enormous pressure not to, Webb chose to pursue the story and went public with his evidence, publishing the series "Dark Alliance". As a result he experienced a vicious smear campaig... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Kill the Messenger:

Jeremy Renner
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Michael Sheen
Ray Liotta
Robert Patrick
Andy Garcia

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Based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb. The film takes place in the mid-1990s, when Webb uncovered the CIA's past role in importing huge amounts of cocaine into the U.S. that was aggressively sold in ghettos across the country to raise money for the Nicaraguan Contras' rebel army. Despite enormous pressure not to, Webb chose to pursue the story and went public with his evidence, publishing the series "Dark Alliance". As a result he experienced a vicious smear campaign fueled by the CIA. At that point Webb found himself defending his integrity, his family, and his life.

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Variety - 8/10 by Andrew BarkerThe film taps into far deeper, richer veins of material than it has the time to properly mine. It’s nonetheless a flinty, brainy, continually engrossing work that straddles the lines between biopic, political thriller and journalistic cautionary tale, driven by Jeremy Renner’s most complete performance since The Hurt Locker.
Philadelphia Inquirer - 8/10 by Tirdad DerakhshaniIt hobbles its otherwise fascinating premise by descending into hagiography. Webb's story is a tragedy, to be sure, but portraying him as a saint and martyr does little to advance the truth.
RogerEbert.com - 8/10 by Glenn KennyThat the filmmakers are able to pursue their theme to the extent that the true story on which the film is based obliges them to somehow has to be credited to Renner. His performance is very good, despite the somewhat stereotypical bro characteristics with which the Webb character is here endowed.
Christian Science Monitor - 8/10 by Peter RainerWhat hits home is Renner’s performance, which gives full weight both to Webb’s fierce, abiding love for journalism and his despair when his livelihood – his reason for being – is trashed. It’s a tragedy, doubly so since the core of Webb’s allegations remains unchallenged today.
Chicago Sun-Times - 8/10 by Richard RoeperJeremy Renner doesn’t put much movie-star mustard on his performance as a newspaper reporter in Kill the Messenger, and that’s one of the reasons the work is so strong.
USA Today - 8/10 by Claudia PuigAs suspenseful as any episode of Showtime's "Homeland," which director Michael Cuesta also executive-produced.
ReelViews - 8/10 by James BerardinelliKill the Messenger is compelling material but the recognition that the core of the narrative is based on true events gives it additional power.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - 8/10 by Joe WilliamsWhile the chronological details and social significance of the story Webb reported get shortchanged, Kill the Messenger is a vital reminder that a free press must be free to press the powerful for answers.
McClatchy-Tribune News Service - 8/10 by Roger MooreRenner’s performance — beginning with bluster and descending into twitchy paranoia — sells it and makes us fret for every “messenger” suddenly the target of the spotlight himself.
Entertainment Weekly - 7/10 by Joe McGovernDirector Michael Cuesta (Homeland) includes just enough real news footage among the heavily scripted scenes to make you crave a documentary on Webb instead.

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