The Last Thing He Wanted

THE LAST THING HE WANTED Trailer (2020)
Intrepid girl reporter trying to report on what's going on in Central America back during the Reagan years, basically the Sandinistas, the Contras and the CIA. Anyway, she gets roped into an arms deal to bail out her near psycho father. It's pretty great, though you kind of wonder who some of these people are, but that's kind of the way it is out in real world where you don't have a script. The ending is a little disheartening, but it's a grim little story all around. I kind of expected it to be 'based on a true story', but no, it's from a novel. Still, the basic story is true: we were shipping arms to Central America.

I looked for a decent review but I didn't find one. It seems to have been universally panned. I thought the movie was pretty great, thoroughly engaging, totally realistic, and yes, top level government officials could very well be cold blooded killers. The ending was a little disheartening, but realistic. Do you think Putin is only world leader who kills reporters?

P.S. Spell check doesn't recognize Sandinistas or Contras. Could it be we're not allowed to talk about that anymore and that's why the reviews were all bad? Right now I wouldn't put anything past any of the powers-that-be.