The Informant

The Informant - a 2009 movie made by Steven Soderbergh based on a true story of a whistleblower gone wrong. Mark Whitacre is a senior executive in an American company ADM. He brings a sabotage story to his senior's attention but is forced to co-operate with the FBI tracking this sabotage story. From there the story unravels from one lie to another. He conducts a secret wire tapping investigation with the FBI against the company officials for price fixing cartel with their foreign competitors. While that results in a FBI raid for the officials it becomes a downhill for Mark thereafter as he is then shown as being involved in an embezzlement and kickback from the company. From there onwards Mark just blows over from one lie to another, incident of FBI official hitting him with a briefcase, his kidnap story. There is also another false story of him losing both his parents in an automobile accident while he was merely 6 and then being adopted by a rich guy. Later on it is shown that he might possibly be suffering from bipolar disorder. The case reaches the judiciary which then indicts him for fraud and embezzlement and sentences him to 9 years, despite his bipolar troubles. Matt Damon has done a good role, though his wig changes colour in almost each scene. The female interest in the movie is played by Melanie Lynskey a New Zealand actress, she plays her part noticeably well. In the end she also realises the truth and tells Mark to stop it.