Review of The Fifth Estate (2013) by Adam F — 14 Oct 2013

Bit of a hit and miss film. On one hand you have brilliant performances from both Benedict Cumberbatch and Daniel Bruhl, one the other is a disjointed political thriller. Which weirdly works on some levels.

Its kind of hard t explain. The morality of Julian Assange is questioned in probably the last 20 minutes of the film. He begins as a man only wanting to reveal humanities deepest darkest secrets but his ego gets in the way and threatens to destroy his entire operation.

There are a few small twists, but overall I didn't feel anything after watching this film, I didn't much care for any of the characters and the sub-plots of disgruntled girlfriends otherwise did not matter to me.

The saving graces are the two leads as they do bring some decent performances. But as a drama involving a website, The Social Network is a much better film in nearly every respect.