"A Dark Truth", the new film from writer/director Damian Lee, is a political thriller with a very noble purpose, but it misses the mark by quite a bit. The plot centers around a small village in South America whose water supply has been bought up by a Canadian corporation, and then poisoned. Andy Garcia plays a talk radio host with a dark past who is sent in to rescue a whistleblower (Forest Whitaker) after the local military massacres the villagers. The performances were fine, especially Kim Coates as the evil CEO of the corporation, but the dialogue was bland and uninspired. Garcia plays his badass with the same hushed raspy tone as he normally plays his badasses with, and Whitaker brings his usual simplicity to the role without over playing it. Lee's direction has many flaws, and his handling of his own material was sophomoric at best. He never seems to find the intrigue in the plot, and leaves the audience without anything to be interested in.
Grade: D+
Easter Egg: No
3D: N/A
Starring: Andy Garcia, Forest Whitaker, Eva Longoria
Director: Damian Lee
Writer(s): Damian Lee
RT: 106 min
Rating: R for violence and disturbing images
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