Unsilenced

A friend invited me to see this film at a private screening. I am very grateful.

While watching the movie, my body trembled violently for a few moments. I was really touched!

I think I was moved by this story for several reasons.

1. It is very powerful. If you liked how Truman overcame obstacles and found himself in The Truman Show, if you've ever been moved by Nero's strong willpower in The Matrix, or the prisoner Shawshank, you'll know what I'm talking about.

2, it is real, not science fiction. This movie is based on a true story.

3, It is relevant to our current daily life. While movies like Schindler's List and Hacksaw Ridge were also based on true stories, they were made decades later to remind people of these heroes and events. In contrast, the stories presented in "Unsilenced" are still happening. Audiences can choose to influence the outcome by participating in their real lives. That's pretty remarkable.

Amazing cast and production. Very strong storyline that keeps you engaged throughout the movie. The story is very touching. The audience can make a real connection with the story. This movie sheds light on the truth about persecution of Falun Gong and what people are going through under communism. It's a must watch.

This film is incredibly timely with everything that is going on in the world today. It is a powerful story and expresses universal truths about power, greed, misinformation, corruption and control. Excellent film, highly recommend.

This is a movie that needs to be put into context, production wise.

Storytelling, filming, acting, editing, cinematography, soundtrack: all combined deserves a 6.5 (cinematography and color grading are my favorite parts here)

But: the efforts and dangers that comes into play when recreating 1999 Beijing... well that's a 10.

Just check the end credits, heaps of "anonymous" among the names. The danger of filming in Taiwan a movie (not a documentary hey) that exposes the nightmare that can be todays people republic of china... well congrats. Btw: kudos to the production design and location departments, great job.

The story is linear and fairly easy to follow, but yes there are moments when it moves on in an awkward/artificial/coincidence based way... prime example the reporter who seems to be at the right place in the right moment too many times.

Act one seems to be too short for us the audience to understand who the protagonists are, what they need to accomplish, and the obstacles.

The main theme though is worth celebrating: upholding truth.

I'd have liked to see more character development for the antagonist.

I mean, it's China. What else do you expect?

A Chinese movie exposing the Chinese government's attempt to accuse and execute the Falun Gong people. More importantly, it showed the effort of those that fought for what they believed in.

From the movie-making standpoint, it's pretty decent. It got a couple of intense scenes, showing how much the activists struggled against the openly-corrupt Chinese government.

Overall, it did its job to send the message. As a movie in the exposing institution's secret agenda genre, it's one of the weaker ones. 7/10.