Unsilenced

A friend invited me to see this film at a private screening. I am very grateful.

While watching the movie, my body trembled violently for a few moments. I was really touched!

I think I was moved by this story for several reasons.

1. It is very powerful. If you liked how Truman overcame obstacles and found himself in The Truman Show, if you've ever been moved by Nero's strong willpower in The Matrix, or the prisoner Shawshank, you'll know what I'm talking about.

2, it is real, not science fiction. This movie is based on a true story.

3, It is relevant to our current daily life. While movies like Schindler's List and Hacksaw Ridge were also based on true stories, they were made decades later to remind people of these heroes and events. In contrast, the stories presented in "Unsilenced" are still happening. Audiences can choose to influence the outcome by participating in their real lives. That's pretty remarkable.

I mean, it's China. What else do you expect?

A Chinese movie exposing the Chinese government's attempt to accuse and execute the Falun Gong people. More importantly, it showed the effort of those that fought for what they believed in.

From the movie-making standpoint, it's pretty decent. It got a couple of intense scenes, showing how much the activists struggled against the openly-corrupt Chinese government.

Overall, it did its job to send the message. As a movie in the exposing institution's secret agenda genre, it's one of the weaker ones. 7/10.

What this film does, is bring to our attention of the real event that is actually happening on the other side of the world. The film itself has pretty clear storyline, however the intensities are just something else that the audiences have to live with. The brutalities, the unthinkable, the free wills that we take for granted, these are some of the issues that the film asks us to think about.

I watched this movie during a screening. It's an incredible testament to sacrifice, bravery, and truth. My eyes were glued to the screen. Best movie I saw this year.

"Unsilenced," gets a 10 out of 10 because of how important its message is to the world. To me, the core idea is that, at the end of the day, the will to seek the truth and spread the truth always outweighs the will to spread lies and silence the truth.