6/10
What a surprise (not!)
26 February 2015
Warning: Spoilers
This is the story, based on fact apparently, of what happens when politicians are caught, more or less with their trousers down figuratively at least, taking money, in this case for election war chests when huge defense sales are made by multinationals to a foreign government, & how they all (politicians, bankers,& corporates) cover their tracks, hurting people along the way, & how in the end they get away with it even when honest magistrates are involved trying to get to the bottom of appalling misdeeds; & how the multinationals help them to keep things murky. A frustrating depressing end to the story, as no serious sanctions are applied to alleged fraudsters & murderers; & how the little man, in this case the journalist, is hounded to prevent the story from emerging. Well acted, well shot, apart from perhaps too many shots of the journalist on his cell phone at the wheel of his car, the pace is kept up & the 106 minutes went by fast. Be prepared to follow a rather complex tale however.
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