I went to see Sound of Freedom this weekend. It is a powerful movie, a high-quality production that is well written and acted. The fact that this film is based on actual events in the unspeakable world of child sex trafficking makes the story even more gripping. Actor Jim Caviezel plays real-life Homeland Security agent Tim Ballard with an earnest intensity that does justice to the harrowing realities portrayed in the film.
The reviews of Sound of Freedom almost always refer to it as a "faith-based" movie. This is a laughable description, and it demonstrates the lengths that media will travel to squelch any public deviation from their carefully crafted left-wing narrative. In watching the movie, I couldn't identify Ballard's religion, aside from the fact that he believes in--gasp!--God. The real-life characters portrayed do infrequently mention in conversation--gasp!--God. If this qualifies it as "faith-based," there are innumerable movies that need to be recategorized.
The impression I got from Ballard's story is not so much faith as personal values and investment. Ballard's assignment was capturing perpetrators of child sex trafficking. As he became more aware of the details involved in the children's horrific fate, the plight of sex trafficked children consumed him on a personal level.
In real life, as depicted in the film, Ballard has several children; the reality of sex-slave children was too close to home, and he became personally committed to saving them. Having worked in the healthcare industry, I know that this happens on occasion to doctors and nurses. One patient's case speaks to them on a deeply personal level, and they become immersed in that patient's journey. We are all human, and we each have our soul's touchpoints. Child sex trafficking became such a cause for Tim Ballard. He gave up his job and government pension to rescue enslaved children.
Actor Jim Caviezel has endured stereotyping and persecution for his values and beliefs, beginning two decades ago with his portrayal of Jesus in The Passion of the Christ up to and including his outspokenness about therapeutics in the fight against Covid-19. Caviezel is an excellent actor and a brave man who has paid a high price for his honesty and integrity. I'll support any movie he appears in; he never films junk.
Sound of Freedom is a movie that holds you. Although the viewers know the outcome, the suspense in the theatre is palpable. I could sense everyone (including myself) leaning forward during the rescue scenes. This movie depicts real children in unthinkably evil circumstances. It is an important film with a critically urgent message. I hope millions more Americans will see it.
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| From Sound of Freedom |
