This story is wild and out of control, yet this movie about it is so tame and feel good and predictable and even a bit boring. I really think the director has missed an opportunity to make a great, suspenseful movie.
I would rather watch any classic paranoia thriller from the seventies like "All The President's Men", " The Parallax View" or "Three Days of the Condor". Those movie are about government conspiracies as well, but those seventies classics are full on suspenseful and riveting from the beginning till the very end, while "Kill The Messenger" consists of a lot of husband and wife talks, which simply deflates any thrill.
Conclusion: tedious execution of a fascinating story.
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