I have to apologize at the beginning, because there is no way I can objectively rate this movie. I cannot rate its tension, fun factor, character development or anything in that matter. It is simply impossible for me to not grant the highest rating in every regard, although the movie might not be done in a perfect way. Why is that so? Because this movie caught me by surprise and left me in shock. Movies like this are far too important to let a bad rating keep anyone from watching them. But let me tell you what I'm on about here.

A while ago I first saw the trailer of the Whistleblower. I immediately realized it wasn't a famous one, not a huge blockbuster, one you'd have to look out for if you wanted to see it. It did feature some really good critics though and Rachel Weisz was starring in the lead role, so I was positive. Sometime later, by accident, I got the opportunity to watch this movie. The movie started off a bit boring, I have to admit that. I was skeptical, wasn't too sure what this was going to be. I expected a Police/FBI thing about the Mexican border, a bit of conspiracy, a thriller about politics and human rights. Most of all I expected something made up and while giving material to think about, being far from the truth.

I wasn't that far off and yet completely wrong. This wasn't about Mexico or any border problematic. (I don't know why the trailer actually seemed like this to me.). It was about Bosnia, it was about a police woman and it was about the UN.

The American police woman was sent down to Bosnia to support the UN in trying to bring peace to Bosnia and help build up the country. She soon saw that human rights were a bit of a problematic topic in this place. I will spare you the spoilers, what she unveiled was horrible, unbelievable, sick and appalling. Now, I am not exaggerating. Sometimes, when movies have a feeling of reality in them, things that usually are no problem to watch, become something else entirely. The movie didn't show much, things were only hinted at and still I had to grab my neighbours arm to take it.

At the end of the movie I was in a bit of a sorrowful and disgusted mood, when suddenly unexpected text appeared on the screen. It told the audience, what happened after. Wait, what? I was sure that this was some trick to complete the feeling of reality, but I was uneasy, I asked the internet. You probably already know what it told me: This story was true. Ridicolous! How comes I had never heard of this? How comes this was even possible? How comes none of the people who knew about this tried to stop it? How...can so many people be so cruel together, without a reason? Now, I can understand single people doing wrongs, I can understand single people having problems driving them to take wrong decisions, it's horrible, it happens, but it is sort of understandable, even if not excusable. Also, there are idealisms that go in wrong directions and that drive people to do horrible things, but the point is, at least they believe in doing the right thing! But here? Not talking about a single person or idealism, not talking about believing to do the right thing. At the bottom of it, it's cold cruelty, shared by many, accepted by the others.

This should have never been possible. This should have never happened. Kathryn Bolkovac is a person to look up to. This story should be told. It should serve as a warning, not to forget what is actually going on in some dark corners of the world..that are far closer to us than we realize. It should serve as an inspiration and a sign of hope. But the most important is that it hopefully will make more people fight against such monstrous cruelty.