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Film review: ‘Sound of Freedom’ by Alejandro Monteverde, ★★★✯☆

Jim Caviezel, right, plays the starring role as Timothy Ballard in Sound of Freedom. Also appearing, from left, are Lucás Ávila as Miguel and José Zuñiga as Roberto. (Publicity photo from Angel Studios.)

Although the two based-on-a-true-story films are of different genres, last spring’s Jesus Revolution and thus summer’s Sound of Freedom have unexpected …