Sound of Freedom (2023)
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A former U.S. government agent embarks on a perilous mission to rescue children from sex traffickers in Colombia.
The story
In 2013, a father in Honduras loses his two children to a trafficking ring after they are taken to a photo shoot. In California, Tim Ballard, a Special Agent for Homeland Security Investigations, struggles with the limitations of his role in preventing exploitation outside the U.S. After a case leads him to a missing girl, Ballard decides to go rogue. He partners with a former cartel accountant and a local police officer to infiltrate a trafficking operation in Colombia. Despite his superiors' orders to return to the U.S., Ballard remains committed to finding the missing children, leading him into a dangerous underground world of exploitation.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
After a father in Honduras loses his children to a trafficking ring, Tim Ballard, a U.S. agent, begins a desperate search for them. He eventually tracks the trail to Colombia, where he teams up with a former cartel accountant and a local officer. They pose as traffickers to infiltrate a large-scale operation run by a woman named Katy Juarez. While they successfully rescue many children, one girl, Rocío, is missing. Ballard learns she was sold to a FARC camp in the Amazon. He travels alone into the jungle, where he finds her being held as a slave for a leader known as El Alacrán. Ballard kills the leader and rescues Rocío, eventually returning her to her family in Honduras. The film concludes with Ballard testifying before Congress, leading to new laws regarding international cooperation against sex trafficking.
- First release year
- 2023
- Runtime (minutes)
- 131
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Writers
- Rod Barr · writer; Alejandro Monteverde · co-writer
- Cast and characters
- Jim Caviezel · Tim Ballard; Mira Sorvino; Bill Camp
- Genres
- biographical drama; thriller
- Themes
- human trafficking; heroism; faith
- Tone and mood
- serious; tense
- Setting
- Honduras, California, and Colombia in 2013.
- Premise and plot tags
- based on true events; rescue mission
- Source material / true-story basis
- The work of Tim Ballard and the organization Operation Underground Railroad (O.U.R.).
- Reception
- The film received mixed reviews from critics but was highly praised by audiences and the faith-based community.
- Reported review scores
- Metacritic · score: 36 · scale: 100 · review count: 11
- Awards and nominations
- Best Actor in an International Production · 32nd Actors and Actresses Union Awards · win
- Production trivia
- The film was initially shelved by 20th Century Fox before the filmmakers bought the rights back.
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