Brilliant and touching

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

If there is one word to perfectly describe this film it would be cliché. While the story is good and interesting because it id based on true events. The way the film is made is hackneyed and has been seen many times before. The dialogue and scene to scene pacing along with rehashed character types and situations make this film barely watchable. The lines of dialogue and over the shoulder parking garage "following" scenes prove that the film makers made no attempt to create an original presentation of a "based on true events movie". The few courtroom scenes were the best executed from a filmmaking standpoint. If you ignore the poor film making the story itself is actually quit interesting and noteworthy.

This film tells the story of a journalist who bravely uncovers the scandalous story of the US government collaborating with drug lords to import cocaine into the USA, in order to fund an overseas operation."Kill The Messenger" is an engrossing story of how one man decides to stick with the virtue of truth, and is willing to put his career, family and even his life in danger. This story renews my respect for journalists who is on a quest to uncover the truth, even when faced with the mightiest opponent. I feel so sorry for Webb's unfortunate path after he reported the story that is too true to tell. It's even more unfortunate that the official report came out in the middle of another scandal, which meant his proof of glory went unnoticed. I find the film engaging.

I saw this movie with great expectations and sure enough it started quite intriguingly, the plot seemed politically driven and interesting enough so was the presentation but as the movie crossed the first half all the build up sort of went down the drain and you could easily qualify the second half as banal, insipid, too bland and uneventful. Now I know this movie was based on real life events but even so there should be enough story to pull the movie full length. The director seemed to be struggling with and confused about/between the boundaries of realism and theatrics-this could've been a great commercial movie if handled appropriately or even a great biography if done sensitively enough yet the end product here came across as half-baked neither real nor commercial. The ending is so pointless that you almost feel why was the story even selected to be told and if it was then why was it the screen writing/script climax so mundane at the end. Watch it for the first half though.

"Kill the Messenger" is a pretty well done film that's provocative and soul searching that uncovers hidden lies as the federal government has a dirty little game a drug for guns profit! Most remember the headlines and the scandal from the 1980's and 1990's when it was revealed that the CIA was arming rebels in Nicaragua to help fight other countries and foreign agencies all while turning the other way and letting them profit by importing and selling cocaine in the United States. Thru it all as each detail is uncovered with anger this political drama is carried by the performance of Jeremy Renner as Gary Webb a hard charging investigative reporter from California as he tries to prove that the CIA used cocaine profits to fund Contra rebels this tale explodes with suspense and personal drama really it's an eye opening political thriller.