Marie Colvin (Rosamund Pike) is a war correspondent for the Sunday Times of London. She struggles with alcoholism and PTSD, especially after losing an eye in Sri Lanka, from the horrors she's seen balanced against her need to bring the bloody conflicts of the world to public notice.
Seeing horrors sucks and will permanently fuck you up. This is not news. But considering that most of the events depicted take place between 2009 and 2014, it is apparently a lesson we have to continue learning.
Really wish there was a better biopic of Martha Gellhorn to pair with this because they seem like peas in a pod. Pike does a great job imitating Colvin's distinctive voice while Jamie Dornan redeems himself from his Fifty Shades casting. Stanley Tucci shows up in the last third but doesn't really do a lot. Tom Hollander has a much bigger role but not the same name recognition.
A war movie is a war movie. It never makes the point it thinks it's going to and it's depressing as fuck. It's free on the Roku Channel but you'd probably be better off reading the Vanity Fair article it's based on instead.
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