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I had better hopes for this film. It has a Hallmark feel to it mixed in with many loose ends and unrealistic or forced character interactions.

Maybe the writers were on a deadline or forced to include unnecessary family drama but this is the sort of story I would've preferred to watch without all that fluff. The main character this story is based on mentions the added drama was all fake to embellish to story. Maybe a documentary would've been better.

Still, the film is well shot.

I was interested to watch this because of Tom Hardy and he delivered. Meanwhile Helen and Pierce were overrated. Their acting just felt flat and overdone. There are millions of actors that could've done a better job not sure why they chose these actors.

It's not a bad series to put in the background though. The show has nothing of real substance to the story or dialogue. It's full of stereotyped characters in tired scriptwriting with considerable fighting, car chase and swearing.

I wish I read the reviews before relying on the average IMDb rating. Make sure you sort the reviews by date to get the real results.

The documentary is a mishmash of beautiful composed edits using American jazz music to carry the content through its highs and lows.

There's 2 hours plus of significant content. That can be daunting to those unfamiliar with US foreign policy in Congo or in the western reactions to post colonialism. Still it's beautifully done. And it will hopefully raise more awareness in America's use of soft power especially in foreign country regime change.

Congo is the main focus of the documentary but it's a symbol of many other countries including those in Africa, Latin America and Asia. If anything this should start conversations in how entertainers are used by governments to fulfill foreign affairs.