Michael Reagan
Don’t thank Hollywood for “Sound of Freedom.”
The movie, about a former Homeland Security agent who goes to Colombia and rescues more than 50 kids from child sex traffickers, is an action-thriller – a drama.
But it is based closely on the true story of Tim Ballard and his personal fight against one of the planet’s most evil and profitable criminal activities – human sex trafficking.
“Sound of Freedom” was actually finished in 2018. But because it couldn’t get Netflix or a major studio in Hollywood to distribute it, it was independently financed by a Utah-based studio that specializes in religious projects.
Since it was released nation-wide on July 4, it has pulled in more than $50 million and become the surprise hit of the summer.
In case you think trafficking humans for sex or forced labor is not a real-world problem, here’s what the United Nations’ web site says:
“Human Trafficking is the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of people through force, fraud or deception, with the aim of exploiting them for profit.
“Men, women and children of all ages and from all backgrounds can become victims of this crime, which occurs in every region of the world….
Human trafficking affects millions. It’s a $150 billion global industry that disproportionately affects women and girls under 18 – more than half of whom are forced into the sex trade.
But the left and the liberal media have no desire to find out why the U.S. has become the world’s largest consumer of human trafficking “products.”
I’ll definitely see “Sound of Freedom” and I don’t care what the left says.
I also don’t care what the actor playing the hero believes or says.
I care that the real hero. Tim Ballard is spending his life saving the innocent lives of real children in the real world.
Michael Reagan, the son of President Ronald Reagan, is an author, speaker and president of the Reagan Legacy Foundation. Send comments to reagan@caglecartoons.com and follow @reaganworld on Twitter.