Yesterday, I finally had the opportunity to see the movie that has caused so much consternation amongst the American left. I’m going to keep this review of "Sound of Freedom" short. There’s no need to cover the ground already covered by so many others, but I do want to make one significant point. Especially regarding my expectations of a much darker telling of the story of child trafficking, after having been exposed to the mainstream media's reactions.
Primarily, I feel the filmmakers were far more restrained in the accounting of Tim Ballard's story than I would have preferred. They could have gone much deeper and darker into the world of child trafficking, without even coming close to the hyperbolic “conspiratorial” narrative of the film being “QAnon-adjacent.” This film did no such thing. This film didn’t mention “adrenochrome.” This film avoided the evermore harsh realities of what these children are exposed to.
During my own limited investigations into child trafficking, I learned of the unspeakable horrors to which these children are immediately treated, which alters their psyches out of the innocence of childhood into a depth of unimaginable fear that causes them to accept their fates and comply to their new masters, abusers, and rapists. A psychological rewiring that prevents them from ever even considering attempting escape, or reaching out for help.
That’s not a criticism of the decision the filmmakers made to make this movie more accessible to the greatest number of people possible and expand awareness of this most evil aspect of humanity. My point is . . . there is no justification for the likes of Rolling Stone, The Guardian, Washington Post, et al, to have attacked this film in the manner they have. Every aspect of Sound of Freedom’s “based on” story was done so without coloring outside the lines of the truth and realities of the human trafficking industry, and they could have gone much further without earning the criticisms made. Nothing in this film deserved those criticisms of, or connections to Jim Caviezel's Christianity or his alleged conspiratorial connections.
That, of course, begs the question as to “why” Caviezel, Ballard, Angel Studios, and director Alejandro Monteverde have been thusly attacked. “What” about this film causes the left to recoil from such an elementary account of the reality of child sex trafficking?
I’m not willing to answer that question by saying the media antagonists are all pedophiles. I’m not even willing to say they might have sympathies with the idea of human slavery, or that they might quietly believe in fostering societal acceptance of adult/child sexual interactions. But . . . they are most definitely afraid of something. Something that widespread knowledge of, or adverse public reaction caused by the film’s narrative might elicit within the population at large.
As such, the mainstream media coverage of Sound of Freedom is a purposeful lie. Pure disinformation. The purpose for which . . . you can come to your own conclusions.
For years I have taught my children that when such questions don’t have easy or rational answers, they must consider the possibility of one thing: “spiritual darkness.” In the end, that is the only explanation for the very existence of child trafficking. Sure, one could say, “Follow the money,” which the movie explains quite well. A $150 billion per year industry with a “product” that can be sold over and over again, 10 to 15 times a day for years on end. But, for the individuals involved in that supply chain, it requires the kind of searing of the soul that only a far darker power can accomplish.
Last September, a man in Texas who has committed his life to rescue these victims told me that he has seen every movie and read every book on the subject of human trafficking. He told me the real story has yet to be told, and asked me if I’d be willing to tell that story. If I’m to eventually be led in that direction, I'm more than willing to add my voice to those who made "Sound of Freedom."
Go see the movie. I promise . . . you can handle this one. But a telling of the entire truth will require a much stronger personal constitution to endure, and neither QAnon nor adrenochrome conspiracies are required.
