Former President Donald Trump will host a screening of the surprise box-office success “Sound of Freedom” at his Bedminster, N.J., golf club next week amid controversy over the film’s release.
The based-on-a-true-story film focuses on a federal agent’s dangerous mission to save children from pedophiles and prostitution rings in Colombia. But the movie’s star, “Passion of the Christ” actor Jim Caviezel, has previously been accused of promoting right-wing QAnon conspiracy theories, and some critics have said the movie overstates the realities of child trafficking.
Nevertheless, the independent, partially crowd-funded film has been embraced by right-wing media figures like Ben Shapiro and Jordan Peterson and a loyal fanbase. Critics, meanwhile, have been fierce: Rolling Stone called the film, “A superhero movie for dads with brainworms,” and The Guardian named the movie the “QAnon-adjacent thriller seducing America.”
