The Dissident

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Bahad j @RT27093708 08/07/2024 I felt like the characters in this movie could feel the happiness and difficulties that they faced in real life. See more Munkhchimeg T @RT64187897 08/02/2024 Hands are shaking. Interesting movie. 👍👍 See more Pier @RT49682709 02/19/2023 It does NOT explain how the tape of the killing was obtained possibly covering another embarrassing fact about state control. See more 04/30/2022 Riveting, spellbinding and abhorrent all wrapped into one two-hour documentary See more 08/19/2021 A powerful and harrowing documentary which attempts to analyse the disappearance of Saudi journalise Jamal Khashoggi. Khasoggi entered the Saudi Arabian embassy in Istanbul on 2nd October 2018, and never reappeared. The feature includes an imposing array of talking heads, including the former director of the CIA, the head of the police in Istanbul, and in the second half of the documentary, Khashoggi's fiance, Hatice Cengiz takes centre stage as we follow her to various meetings and senate appearances. The film is terrifying, not just for the seemingly appalling actions of the Arab state, but for the use of hacking technology, most notably as we learn of the way in which various individuals close to Khashoggi were hacked, but also the way in which the Saudi government control the countries social media outlets. Compelling and worrying in equal measures, The Dissident is an exquisitely put together docu-drama, and well worth your time. See more samuel l @RT76616206 06/23/2021 I'm going to be generous and give it a 3/5 instead of a 2.5/5. The detail about the murder and how Saudi Arabia operates was interesting, but the silly animations (e.g. bees vs flies), unreadable fonts, annoying walking shots, and non-chronological order significantly worsened the quality of the documentary as a whole. It jumped all over the place for no justifiable reason and would have been far more pleasant to watch if the events had been explained in a logical order. I also couldn't get over the silly bees vs flies discussion. With that said, the cinematography was sleek, the footage of Jamal was high quality, a decent number of people were interviewed, and the message deserves support. Lastly, the pacing wasn't terrible, but I do think things could have been cut down slightly more. See more Read all reviews

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