Average watch but not that surprising! 5/10

Rating: 5/10 (20 August 2017)

Review: I wasn't that impressed with this movie, because I found it quite boring after a while, and most of the information throughout the film, wasn't that surprising. I've always known that Big Brother is watching every move that we make but after watching this film, I appalled with how far the government actually went. Edward Snowden, played by Joseph Gordon- Levitt, damages his legs whilst trying to join the army, so he joins the CIA's hacking department to serve his country. After a couple of dodgy missions, he leaves the CIA and lives a quiet life with his girlfriend, Lindsay Mills (Shailene Woodley) but he soon returns to the CIA, and he soon realises that the government have gone to far with there methods to spy on people. With the pressure of his job taking its toll on his relationship, he decides to tell the press about the governments undercover methods, knowing that he will be sent to jail. With the CIA on his tail, he manages to give the press all of the information he has gathered over the years, and when it gets broadcasted, he flees to Russia, we're they have given him a 3 year pass to stay in there country. Its quite an intense movie, which will make you think twice about using electrical devices but from an entertainment point of view, I found it quite boring after a while. The whole cast put in an average performance, and the whole back and forth in time concept, spoilt the flow of the movie. Most of the technical jargon went straight over my head, and the love story lacked emotion and detail but it's still worth a watch, just to see how deep the American government pry into the publics private life. Average!
Round-Up: This movie was directed by Oliver Stone, 70, who has brought you movies like the Hand in 1981, Salvador, Platoon, Wall Street, Talk Radio, Born On The Fourth Of July, The Doors, JFK, Heaven & Earth, Natural Born Killers, Nixon, U Turn, Any Given Sunday, Comandante, Alexander, World Trade Center, W., South Of The Border, Wall Street II and Savages. It certainly is an impressive filmography, and the fact that he wrote Scarface, Year of the Dragon and Midnight Express, really does make him one of the top filmmakers in Hollywood. He is one for sticking to the facts, so I'm not surprised with the outcome of this movie. Being an American, he was brave to touch on a subject which goes against the government but I think the main problem is that it's not surprising that they are so corrupt. Anyway, is OK when you first watch it but I can't see people watching it twice.
Budget: $40million Worldwide Gross: $37.2million
I recommend this movie to people who are into their biography/thriller/dramas, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto, Rhys Ifans, Nicolas Cage, Shailene Woodley, Tom Wilkinson, Joely Richardson, Timothy Olyphant, Scott Eastwood and Ben Chaplin. 5/10