Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Daniel Brühl, Laura Linney and Stanley Tucci
Directed by Bill Condon
On Blu-ray and DVD on February 17th, 2014
The hottest celebrity of the moment, Benedict Cumberbatch, plays Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in this dramatic thriller based on the true story of Assange and his rise to notoriety.
The film takes inspiration from a number of sources, including the tell-all book Inside Wikileaks: My time with Julian Assange at the World’s Most Dangerous Website by Daniel Domscheit-Berg. Assange himself has disassociated himself from the film, as far as to the extent of writing Benedict Cumberbatch an open letter, which actually makes a more interesting read than this movie makes as a watch.
The Fifth Estate is out in the UK on Blu-ray and DVD on February 17th, 2014.