Snowden 4K 2016 Ultra HD 2160p

Disillusioned with the intelligence community, top contractor Edward Snowden leaves his job at the National Security Agency. He now knows that a virtual mountain of data is being assembled to track all forms of digital communication -- not just from foreign governments and terrorist groups, but from ordinary Americans. When Snowden decides to leak this classified information, he becomes a traitor to some, a hero to others and a fugitive from the law.

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The huge scar on the battered body of American intelligence had not yet healed after the blow from within, dealt by one of its own, a conscientious NSA employee whose name is known throughout the world. Edward Snowden, a 27-year-old intelligence analyst, decided to reveal the truth to everyone on earth—you are being watched. You are being tracked while you work on your computer, your phones are being tapped, and your actions are being monitored. Browser history, incoming calls, social media posts, residual video footage obtained from webcams without the owner's permission... All of this, while not a revelation to many, has been documented by a man who was involved in such surveillance for many years.

One of Hollywood's most liberal directors, Oliver Stone, has taken on the task of adapting Edward Snowden's story for the screen. A staunch defender of human rights and creator of monumental anti-war manifestos on film, such as Platoon and Born on the Fourth of July, he made a film not about a heroic whistleblower, but about a human being. In Snowden, Stone demonstrates the hero's transformation using an academically correct three-stage development. At the beginning of the film, Edward is a staunch patriot who believes in the justice of the system and is undergoing training at a special forces camp in order to go to Iraq. But a serious leg injury prevents Snowden from completing his training, and he spends time in the hospital, after which he goes to a CIA recruitment center, hoping to serve his country on another battlefield: the information front. By the middle of the film, Edward realizes that the system does not work as he had imagined. US citizens are being monitored without court orders, in violation of the constitution. He cannot stand it and resigns from the CIA on the grounds of “disagreements with the team.” In the finale, after Obama's election as president and his promises that the American people need not fear surveillance by the secret services, Snowden returns to the agency, this time as a procurement contractor for the NSA. He is satisfied with everything, no longer ‘wandering’ around residences, living with his beloved, purchasing equipment for the CIA. However, the ghosts of the past find him, signing him up for a new, ambitious program based in Hawaii. Torn by doubts but still patriotic, Ed agrees, which he later regrets very much. And so, the third stage—the decision that changed Citizen Four's life forever. He “paints a target on his back,” realizing that from now on, the path to his homeland is closed to him. Now at stake is not his personal comfort, but the truth that must go beyond the musty “boxes” of the NSA.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who played Edward Snowden, did a perfect job. Even though he doesn't look like Ed, his awesome acting more than makes up for it. To so clearly show the transformation of a devoted patriot into a man forced to walk a double-edged razor's edge... Snowden in the film is not a hero, not a reckless man chasing fame; he is shown differently, as a person who is no stranger to the concepts of ‘honor’ and ‘conscience’. You believe him, you empathize with him, and you unobtrusively project the events onto yourself, asking questions: “Could I live peacefully knowing that every day billions of people in the world are under constant surveillance? Can I sleep at night if I have the resources to prevent this?”

Stone does not flaunt Snowden like a chess piece, trying to ignite a new hotbed of popular unrest, as was the case in 2013. He just wants to tell the public who Edward Snowden is, whose name has been uttered millions of times in thousands of places. The director shows us a simple guy who doesn't reach for the stars. A guy who is disappointed in the system. And he doesn't make him a traitor or a messiah; it's enough for him to show that Edward Snowden swore allegiance not to a rotten intelligence system, but to the people of the United States of America. The viewer will draw the rest of the conclusions.
Conclusion. The story of a patriot who became a traitor, or perhaps the story of an intelligence officer who acted according to his conscience? There are two sides to every coin, and in the case of Snowden, it will never land on its edge. People will either hate this film, seeing it as solely about the person rather than the plot, character, and message, or they will praise it, placing it on a par with the (at the time) provocative JFK.

The documentary Citizen Four showed viewers Edward Snowden as a man in despair, forced to spend months in a Hong Kong hotel room. The feature film Snowden showed the audience the story of how a shy, intelligent young man, determined to serve his country with faith and truth, left it in fear but with confidence in the rightness of his actions.

With gratitude from those who care about freedom.

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Codec: HEVC / H.265 (80.9 Mb/s)
Resolution: Native 4K (2160p)
HDR: Dolby Vision, HDR10
Aspect ratio: 2.40:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1

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#English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
#Italian: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
#French (Canada): DTS 5.1
#French: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1

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