The rise and fall of WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange is covered in intriguing if somewhat frenetic fashion in Bill Condon’s The Fifth Estate. Dealing with the figurehead’s paranoiac fear of discovery counterbalanced by his increasing appetite for the spotlight and his full speed ahead approach to sharing secrets without regard to subsequent fallout, The Fifth Estate shows us glimpses of the man behind the curtain without ever fully allowing us to get inside his head. Condon presents a jazzy, fact-filled look at the creation of an information superpower and then shows us the downside of such power in the wrong hands. But the story, of course, as it now stands, is still incomplete.
Studio: Disney
Distributed By: N/A
Video Resolution and Encode: 1080P/AVC
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Audio: English 5.1 DTS-HDMA, Spanish 5.1 DD, French 5.1 DD
Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, French
Rating: R
Run Time: 2 Hrs. 08 Mins.
Package Includes: Blu-ray, DVD, Digital Copy
keep case in a slipcoverDisc Type: BD50 (dual layer)
Region: ABC
Release Date: 01/28/2013
MSRP: $36.99
The Production Rating: 3.5/5
Winning an Information War
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Video Rating: 5/5 3D Rating: NA
Audio Rating: 5/5
Special Features Rating: 2.5/5
Overall Rating: 3.5/5
Reviewed By: Matt Hough
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