Risk (2016)

Risk: Directed by Laura Poitras. With Julian Assange, Sarah Harrison, Jacob Appelbaum, Joseph Farrell. The story of WikiLeak’s editor-in-chief Julian Assange as seen by documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras.

“Documentary Filmmaker Laura Poitras (u0026quot;Citizenfouru0026quot; (2014) follows up that Oscar Winner with this u0026quot;Julian Assangeu0026quot;, u0026quot;Wikileaksu0026quot; Exploration and it is a Mess. Suffering from a Number of Outside Influences the Film became even More Messy after its Initial Release. It was pulled and Re-Edited and Re-Released.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe Movie is Confusing, Scattered, Lacks Focus and can cause Headaches trying to Follow the Themes or the Intent. It Plays like a Crazy Womenu0026#39;s Quilt. Even more so if You are Unfamiliar with the Players or the Subjects Presented in a Haze of Haphazard History. Keeping Things Straight as the Film Unfolds is a Daunting Task.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt Hops and Flops all over the place. Locations and Points of Interest Covered are so Random it Feels like a Treasure Hunt and the u0026quot;Xu0026quot; is Never Found. It moves here and there and Never Settles. Nothing is very Clear. Ambiguity Reigns, and those Seeking Insight or Truth about any of this will be Disappointed.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe Soap Opera Elements Overtake the Political and the Historical and it almost Devolves into a u0026quot;People Magazineu0026quot; Kind of Thing. Surely the Intentions were anything but. But in the End thatu0026#39;s what it Feels Like. The Movie got Spoiled somewhere, sometime along the way and the Restoration to Something Palatable was Unsuccessful.”