The anti-trafficking film made $40 million in its first week.
I've never shown the kind of courage invoked by the lyrics of an old Broadway song: "To be willing to march into hell on a heavenly cause." Tim Ballard has, as a former Department of Homeland Security agent turned anti-child-trafficking crusader.
The grim yet uplifting, and frequently thrilling, new film, Sound of Freedom, depicts Ballard's mission to save children from international enslavement while displaying an artistry and fearlessness long absent in Hollywood.
Some of the artistry can be seen in the casting of superb, charismatic actor Jim Caviezel as Ballard.
His cinematically rich execution of Ballard's crusade recalls John Ford's masterpiece, The Searchers.
The non-famous supporting cast - other than Mira Sorvino as Ballard's wife, Katherine - provides exemplary backup.
When Ballard removes Avila's character from the degenerate abusing him, he asks the boy his name.
His rescue of the boy leads Ballard to obsess over finding his sister, which causes him to quit his job when recalled home.
https://spectator.org/sound-of-freedom-ringing-ticket-sales/
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