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Rating: 7/10 (18 December 2016)

Snowden
The worst thing about whistleblowing is that it tells everyone you just finked on your exact location.
And while the informant in this thriller doesn't directly toot a horn, he does squeal.
A failed solider and amateur computer-hacker Edward Snowden (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) finds work with the CIA – later NSA - where he's tasked with conducting cyber-espionage on foreign governments, terrorist cells and the public.
Eventually his unease over the ethics of his actions causes him to release top-secret files to the press. This decision ultimately threatens his girlfriend's (Shailene Woodley) and his own safety.
This composite of separate Snowden biographies recaps the folk-hero's journey in a surprisingly subdued style, atypical of its director Oliver Stone, but it remains serviceable on account of its unbelievable facts concerning counter surveillance and Gordon-Levitt's bizarre intonation.
On the bright side, if you ever forget any of your online passwords the government can always help.
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