Fans rave over Amazon Prime Video’s ‘real-life’ movie with 99% on Rotten Tomatoes

A movie that has somewhat flown nether the radar since its blockbuster $250,570,396 (£200,080,461) merchandise has been making waves with its assemblage connected Amazon Prime Video.

Sound of Silence, starring Jim Caviezel, Mira Sorvino, and Bill Camp, enjoyed a monolithic opening successful cinemas a fewer years ago, grossing dozens of times its tiny fund of $14.5million (£11.6m), and becoming 1 of the astir palmy autarkic films of each time.

It gave crushed lone to Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning and past Barbie and Oppenheimer astatine the US container bureau arsenic it gathered momentum aft its astonishment occurrence upon release.

Billed arsenic being ‘based connected the unthinkable existent story’, Sound of Silence stars Caviezel arsenic real-life erstwhile US government cause Tim Ballard, who rescues a young lad from ruthless kid traffickers.

After learning the boy’s sister is inactive captive, helium quits his occupation and turns vigilante, embarking connected a unsafe ngo to rescue hundreds of children from immoderate of the darkest depths of the transgression underworld successful the Colombian jungle.

While the faith-based thriller was met with mixed reviews upon release, fans embraced it from the disconnected – with implicit 10,000 verified ratings giving it an awesome 99% assemblage people connected reappraisal aggregator tract Rotten Tomatoes.

Now its popularity has followed it to streaming, with Sound of Freedom reaching the fig 7 spot connected Amazon Prime Video’s UK movies chart aft being made disposable escaped for subscribers successful the territory.

The sleeper deed has been branded a ‘masterpiece’, ‘incredible’ and ‘eye opening’ by its enthusiastic fans.

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‘The dependable of state shows information successful its rawest form. This movie needs to beryllium shown successful schools and to parents,’ demanded Raeleen S successful her five-star review, portion Jake D praised it arsenic ‘heart-wrenching’.

Marc S declared it a ‘tear-jerking indispensable watch’, portion Rick R wrote successful his top-marks reaction: ‘I didn’t deliberation I would similar this movie. Very good done with a hard taxable good handled. Highly urge for all.’

Not each agreed with Sound of Freedom being highly praised though – Diego Q branded it a ‘snoozefest’ and Afand A insisted it was ‘hot garbage’.

The Sound of Freedom besides sparked a heated statement pursuing its merchandise amid claims of catering to QAnon conspiracy theorists and a deceptive summons income strategy that exaggerated integrated support, portion fans were besides riled up by rumours of sabotaged cinema screenings – firmly denied by AMC Theatres and filmmakers Angel Studios – and accusations of anti-Christian bias.

Nonetheless, the passionateness of its fanbase saw them successful uproar erstwhile the movie was ‘snubbed’ astatine the 2024 Oscars aft being the unexpected breakout deed of 2023.

It was endorsed by the likes of Mel Gibson, Jewel and Elon Musk, with Donald Trump besides hosting a peculiar screening astatine Trump National Golf Club.

Sound of Freedom is streaming for escaped connected Prime Video now.

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