The Fifth Estate is a film about the rise of Wikileaks, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange and Daniel Brúhl as Daniel Berg. It is based on the Novel by Daniel Berg, and is quite clearly told from his point of view. Assange himself has said that the film is untrue and biased. At the end of the film, there is a short clip from an interview with cumberbatch playing Assange where he emplores the viewer to seek out truth, and not to accept everything you are told, this almost seems to be a bit of a concession to Assange, and can be taken as don't except everything your Governments tell you, but also don't believe everything you have just seen in this film.
Assange is portrayed as an uncaring, egotistical man, Who is driven by self promotion and self interest. Whilst I'm sure a lot of this is based on some understanding of the man himself, It is clearly a very biased viewpoint.
The performances of Cumberbatch and Brúhl are great, with the latter adding to his rising stock after a fine performance as Niki Lauda in Rush.
The main issue with this film is it's plot, there does not seem to be any great sense of Momentum, with much of the plot played out in irc chat rooms and no real tension, it lacks the sense of threat and danger that is really needed to get the audience to engage with the plot.
The US government discussion scenes are not nearly strong enough, I can't believe that the conversations around the table when the War Logs and cables were leaked were that calm.
Great performances, but failed by a poor script, the film never feels like it is going anywhere 6/10
Assange is portrayed as an uncaring, egotistical man, Who is driven by self promotion and self interest. Whilst I'm sure a lot of this is based on some understanding of the man himself, It is clearly a very biased viewpoint.
The performances of Cumberbatch and Brúhl are great, with the latter adding to his rising stock after a fine performance as Niki Lauda in Rush.
The main issue with this film is it's plot, there does not seem to be any great sense of Momentum, with much of the plot played out in irc chat rooms and no real tension, it lacks the sense of threat and danger that is really needed to get the audience to engage with the plot.
The US government discussion scenes are not nearly strong enough, I can't believe that the conversations around the table when the War Logs and cables were leaked were that calm.
Great performances, but failed by a poor script, the film never feels like it is going anywhere 6/10
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