What is the iRankMovies score for Sound of Freedom?

Name: Sound of Freedom
Director: Alejandro Monteverde
Genre: action, drama
Released: 2023
Duration: 2 h 11 min
Rating: 7.6

Sound of Freedom has an iRankMovies score of 63.7/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Sound of Freedom (2023)

Fight for the light. Silence the darkness.

Release:2023

Runtime:2h 11m

Country:United States

Director:Alejandro Monteverde

Language:English

Genre

ActionDrama

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Keywords

KidnappingHuman TraffickingBased On True StoryHondurasChild KidnappingRescue OperationLost ChildrenChildren In Danger

iRank64

Sound of Freedom rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.6/10· 136K votes

Rotten Tomatoes58%

Metacritic36%

TMDb7.96/10· 3K votes

With 58% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.6/10 on IMDb and 36/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.

About Sound of Freedom

The story of Tim Ballard, a former US government agent, who quits his job in order to devote his life to rescuing children from global sex traffickers.

Cast of Sound of Freedom

Jim Caviezel
as Tim Ballard
Mira Sorvino
as Katherine Ballard
Bill Camp
as Vampiro
Gerardo Taracena
as El Alacrán
Kurt Fuller
as John Bryant
José Zúñiga
as Roberto
Eduardo Verástegui
as Pablo
Scott Haze
as Chris
Yessica Borroto Perryman
as Giselle / Katy
Gary Basaraba
as Earl Buchanan
Manny Perez
as Fuego
Gustavo Sánchez Parra
as El Calacas

Sound of Freedom facts

Budget: $14.5M
Box office: $250.6M

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•True story adaptation delivers powerful awestruck emotional impact throughout
•Child rescue mission creates urgent thriller pacing and narrative momentum
•Criminal network exposure provides educational awareness alongside action spectacle

What the audience disliked

•Melodramatic tone occasionally undermines subtlety of serious subject matter
•Action sequences feel incongruent with serious human trafficking crisis reality