About a 'free' man who is kidnapped and turned into slave

Rating: 7/10 (10 February 2016)

I found the movie well played and heart breaking, and also I believe it is still relevant for today, if people realize the link between that time and those events and the new still disguised kind exploitation of third world countries taking place nowadays.
Still one thing about this movie is a bit disappointing to me, which is the fact that Brad Pitt is playing the (short) role of the only compassionate white person ánd saviour of the day. I don't know why a movie like this needs an actor like him for such a small part, while there are no other big names in it. It seems like Brad Pitt is playing just for his image, and they let him play it to make the movie bigger or something. To me this really detracted the movies' credibility. Much more impressed I was by the actors who dared to play the roles of the clearly unscrupulous (too white) people.