Kill the Messenger
2014 · Movie · R · 112 min · ★ 6.6 · 68% critics
A reporter investigates CIA links to arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and cocaine being imported into California, and the revelations ignite a vicious smear campaign. Pressured from multiple angles, he spirals as his attempts to keep reporting truth put his life and loved ones under threat.
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Details
- Years
- 2014
- Release date
- 2014-10-09
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Critic score
- 68/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (921 votes)
About
If you want a tense, politics-and-journalism true-story drama with mounting pressure, Kill the Messenger delivers—Not for you if you dislike stories about investigation backlash or heavy real-life distress, like The Report or Snowden.
Pros: gripping investigative drama; strong lead performance; important true-story focus | Cons: tense turns into family drama; suspense drifts at times; some elements feel unnecessary
Themes
- central intelligence agency (cia)
- drug trafficking
- biography
- crack cocaine
- government conspiracy
- investigative journalism
- american journalist
- san jose, california
Cast & crew
Jeremy Renner
as Gary Webb
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
as Anna Simons
Michael Sheen
as Fred Weil
Ray Liotta
as John Cullen
Robert Patrick
as Ronny Quail
Andy Garcia
as Norwin Meneses
Paz Vega
as Coral Baca
Michael Kenneth Williams
as Ricky Ross
Rosemarie DeWitt
as Sue Webb
Tim Blake Nelson
as Alan Fenster
Directed by Michael Cuesta