Kill the Messenger (2014)

When news reporter Jeremy Renner investigates the CIA’s involvement in cocaine trafficking to fund the Contras in Nicaragua, it triggers a smear campaign against the author that ruins his life. The details of the story are infuriating and shout the necessities of a free press, an almost impossibility when editors and other journalists will bend to power. The performances are generally solid even while the story feels a bit tedious at times. This was apparently a passion project for Renner and it shows in the performance he personally gives.