Kill the Messenger

About Kill the Messenger

A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb.

Kill the Messenger (2014) is a crime history film directed by Michael Cuesta. The film is filed under central intelligence agency (CIA), drug trafficking, investigative journalism, and government conspiracy.

Jeremy Renner appears as Gary Webb, Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Anna Simons, Michael Sheen as Fred Weil, and Ray Liotta as John Cullen. Released in October 2014, it runs 112 minutes.

The screenplay is by Peter Landesman. Produced by Bluegrass Films.

GoodFellas, Argo, and Snowden make useful companions to Kill the Messenger, all filed under biography. TMDB voters put it at 6.6 out of 10 across 951 votes and it carries a R rating.