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Inspired by actual events.
Hard up Nebraska Police Office Kathryn Bolkovac (Academy Award®-winner Rachel Weisz) accepts a well-paying UN peacekeeping job courtesy of a private military contractor working on behalf of the UN. She arrives in post-war Bosnia expecting a harmonized international effort, but instead finds chaos and disorder against a back drop of simmering ethnic tensions.
When a brutally injured young woman lands in the UN s care, Kathryn risks her own safety as she unearths an organised and brutal underworld of sex trafficking. Despite attempts to thwart her investigation and threats on her life she fights to uncover the truth and traces the path of criminality to a shocking source.
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Hard up Nebraska Police Office Kathryn Bolkovac (Academy Award®-winner Rachel Weisz) accepts a well-paying UN peacekeeping job courtesy of a private military contractor working on behalf of the UN. She arrives in post-war Bosnia expecting a harmonized international effort, but instead finds chaos and disorder against a back drop of simmering ethnic tensions.
When a brutally injured young woman lands in the UN s care, Kathryn risks her own safety as she unearths an organised and brutal underworld of sex trafficking. Despite attempts to thwart her investigation and threats on her life she fights to uncover the truth and traces the path of criminality to a shocking source.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
* Cast/crew interviews
Review
A brutally important film… Rachel Weisz is quite superb --Screen Daily
Rachel Weisz delivers a starring turn --TIff
Rachel Weisz delivers a starring turn --TIff
Rachel Weisz delivers a starring turn --TIff
Rachel Weisz delivers a starring turn --TIff
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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I watched this in a "well, there's nothing else on" moment - and thanks be there wasn't anything else on else I'd have missed out! This is a nice, taut thriller with a few twists in it's tail, as an American cop-turned-UN-peacekeeper arrives in the war-torn Balkans to help train up a remodelled local police force in the wake of the ethnically-driven conflict there. At first all seems straightforward until a distraught girl turns up and the heroin, Balkovic, unearths a human traffiking network. Corruption is rife and she soon learns that it runs far deeper than it should, and in directions it shouldn't. Risking life and limb in the face of organised criminals hell-bent on protecting their trade, Balkovic sets out to bring the racket down and save the girls, making some unpleasant discoveries about the character of her fellow countrymen on the way.
Allegedly based on real events, Weisz brings Balkovic to life adeptly and is ably supported by the likes of Vanessa Redgrave to turn out a nicely presented feature that I'll definitely watch again.
Allegedly based on real events, Weisz brings Balkovic to life adeptly and is ably supported by the likes of Vanessa Redgrave to turn out a nicely presented feature that I'll definitely watch again.
22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Having served as a member of the Armed Forces in this region (and having lived in Ukraine where this film starts), I approached this film with some trepidation, expecting a "Hollywooded" interpretation of life in this blighted region. How wrong I was!!! The agencies involved are predominantly corrupt and anything goes in this lawless region. The film depicts this in hard-hitting realism. It is a grim, grubby and extremely dangerous world where atrocities are commonplace. This comes over well in the movie, with strong performances from all concerned.
Based upon a true story. Rachel Weisz, as a US cop drafted in to support a UN Mission, is superb and ably supported by Vanessa Redgrave. The uncovering of widespread corruption, people-trafficking and the abuse of women and the futility of highlighting this issue to the authorities is a common theme in movies. However it is superbly well done in this case.
Beware - this is not "entertainment" in the strictest sense, and it will certainly leave you with something to think about!!
Excellent and well worth the watch.
Based upon a true story. Rachel Weisz, as a US cop drafted in to support a UN Mission, is superb and ably supported by Vanessa Redgrave. The uncovering of widespread corruption, people-trafficking and the abuse of women and the futility of highlighting this issue to the authorities is a common theme in movies. However it is superbly well done in this case.
Beware - this is not "entertainment" in the strictest sense, and it will certainly leave you with something to think about!!
Excellent and well worth the watch.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
It is high time the highly corrupt organisation known as the UN were held accountable in some way if only for the behaviour of their so-called peacekeepers who commonly rape trafficked women and even buy and sell them themselves. If you don't believe this movie is true,then do some research of your own and you will discover it is even more horrifying and widespread than this film is able to show in 2 hours.
I would say it is an important film, very concisely written and very well-acted, but you may come away from it feeling depressed and also frustrated to live in a world where rape is such a commonplace event that many men do not even recognise it as being rape, and those that do enjoy it. They call it recreation and it makes me as a man feel totally sick to be part of a species which treats women and children in such a way.
Also the frustration is not to know what we can do about it. If you watch this and want to do something then one thing people can do is to sponsor a child or teenager with SOS CHILDREN'S VILLAGES and they operate all over the world including Bosnia, and then you could play a part in helping keep one individual protected from such a life as is portrayed in this film, as least until they are an adult and have a chance to make their own choices.
While this film mostly portrays events concerning young women,the crimes described do also affect children in vast numbers and there are always people in positions of authority whether they be police or in government organisations, who are affiliated with paedophile rings and turn a blind eye or take payoffs to protect the perpetrators of such crimes. Many young women and children are kidnapped from their towns and villages by traffickers in Eastern European countries, places like Belarus, and also in South-east Asian countries such as Cambodia.Serbia is well-known to still be operating rape camps long after the war finished, and to be a country where kidnapped women are sent to to be "broken" and then trafficked through places like Istanbul and on to countries like Italy and also UK and Holland, etc etc etc.
If you want a laugh and to eat food while watching a movie and to be entertained, don't watch this.I would say it could be seen to be entertaining as a dramatic thriller, but as soon as you realise everything here is true and the woman rachel weisz plays is a real woman, then how can it still be entertaining? But i think it is important that such things have a voice and a place to be seen and understood, and it is inspiring what this woman tried to do, standing virtually alone,and that is more important than being entertained.
I would say it is an important film, very concisely written and very well-acted, but you may come away from it feeling depressed and also frustrated to live in a world where rape is such a commonplace event that many men do not even recognise it as being rape, and those that do enjoy it. They call it recreation and it makes me as a man feel totally sick to be part of a species which treats women and children in such a way.
Also the frustration is not to know what we can do about it. If you watch this and want to do something then one thing people can do is to sponsor a child or teenager with SOS CHILDREN'S VILLAGES and they operate all over the world including Bosnia, and then you could play a part in helping keep one individual protected from such a life as is portrayed in this film, as least until they are an adult and have a chance to make their own choices.
While this film mostly portrays events concerning young women,the crimes described do also affect children in vast numbers and there are always people in positions of authority whether they be police or in government organisations, who are affiliated with paedophile rings and turn a blind eye or take payoffs to protect the perpetrators of such crimes. Many young women and children are kidnapped from their towns and villages by traffickers in Eastern European countries, places like Belarus, and also in South-east Asian countries such as Cambodia.Serbia is well-known to still be operating rape camps long after the war finished, and to be a country where kidnapped women are sent to to be "broken" and then trafficked through places like Istanbul and on to countries like Italy and also UK and Holland, etc etc etc.
If you want a laugh and to eat food while watching a movie and to be entertained, don't watch this.I would say it could be seen to be entertaining as a dramatic thriller, but as soon as you realise everything here is true and the woman rachel weisz plays is a real woman, then how can it still be entertaining? But i think it is important that such things have a voice and a place to be seen and understood, and it is inspiring what this woman tried to do, standing virtually alone,and that is more important than being entertained.
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This film was pretty dull to me, i see that others would disagree and thats fair of course. The subject matter isnt an easy one to view and the film pulls no punches in its... Read more
Published 19 days ago by sean paul mccann
Excellent film a real must
Excellent film based on true events a real must see. Very dark in places but this is real events and should not be ignored, actually knowing some of the people in the film and... Read more
Published 22 days ago by Hally
Whistleblower
This film was unexpectedly good if not a bit violent and very well acted considering the depressing nature of the content
Published 1 month ago by Lizzy
the whistleblower
i tend to watch a lot of films and a few haven't been worth writing about
but this film is a good film to watch i wont say anything about the film
only to say it's worth... Read more
but this film is a good film to watch i wont say anything about the film
only to say it's worth... Read more
Published 3 months ago by ian
Worth watching
Excellent film but quite horrific in places so not for the faint-hearted or lovers of 'chick flicks'. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mrs. A. S. Thomas
Great Wake Up Call
This was an excellent movie but extremely disturbing. When you put a lot of faith into an association such as the United Nations and realize that corruption lies even there, it is... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Winstar
Whistleblower
Great film. Rachel weiss excellent. Would highly recommend. Sad subject matter but equally it opens ones eyes up to what is going on in the world.
Published 4 months ago by Ruby077
Good film
Thought provoking, decent enough acting and a difficult subject matter handled well. Not the most uplifting of films to watch but worth a nights rental at least.
Published 4 months ago by C. J. P
Quite a powerful movie
I didn't know exactly what to expect from this but it is a quite powerful and thought provoking movie. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Vegar
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