The Ugly: The Fifth Estate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT1wb8_tcYU
Pretty much nobody asked for a movie about Julian Assange and yet, we got one just the same. Benedict Cumberbatch plays the hacktivist during his pre-prison days as he sets about on his quest to promote global transparency and spill the American empire’s military secrets to the world. Like Stone’s Snowden, the film takes a drab, predictable approach to storytelling, which is unfortunate given the enigmatic, zigzagging person it attempts to dramatize. For a more interesting but similarly oblique portrait of the man, check out Laura Poitras’ documentary Risk.
