The Whistleblower is based on a true story. Nebraska policewoman, Kathyrn Bolkovac is hired by a US military contractor, Democra, to serve as a UN peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia. While investigating a sex trafficking case, she discovers a network of corruption between local bar owners and her UN colleagues. She decides to blow the whistle, but is relieved of her duties by her superiors. Despite Kate's success with her lawsuit for wrongful dismissal, the UN personnel involved in the corruption network go unpunished due to them possessing diplomatic immunity.

The film is impressive in its ability to make viewers think. The representation of the lives of sex slaves in Bosnia is mild and reserved, but is no doubt realistic. Yet, as the film suggests, the UN involvement in Bosnia, as in many other places I suppose, does not effective enough to improve the dire situation. The United Nations is still by and large a weak organization and lacks the proper means to carry out its peacekeeping and humanitarian mission.

One of the solutions is to outsource the mission to large corporations. In Bosnia, the peacekeeping mission is contracted to the company Democra, or in real life DynCorp. As the general suspicion towards large corporations is often justified, profit seeking companies can turn out to be lairs of corruption.

Some would say, let's resort to sensible policy and a good system to curb the beast of corruption. Here again, diplomatic immunity is intended to ensure that diplomatic agents are given safe passage by exempting them from persecution in host countries. But in Bosnia, the privilege is abused and used as a shield, behind which lawless agents conduct felony.

Thus, the film proposes a number of questions for viewers who care enough to think about them, but there isn't much to say about the film itself. Given all the questions it throws at viewers, it is only natural that one fails to note whether the film itself is accurate in its presentation of such issues. Every now and then you just can't help but notice when the film takes on the tone of melodrama.

Amid this mixture of true story and melodrama, leading actress Rachel Weisz's vivid portrait of an American policewoman striving for justice is all the more plausible, if only you are able to ignore her proud exhibition of American values.

The Whistleblower reveals a reality which is often disregarded by most people, and asks the questions that many fail to pay attention to. When people are dying and being tortured on the other side of the globe, do we stand by and watch, or can we do something to make things better? This is certainly a question worth considering.

All in all, this film deserves a SEVEN, for all the questions it poses.