Given its own aggressive attention deficit disorder, The Fifth Estate is the sort of movie that might induce a migraine.

Those in the know say Cumberbatch's performance captures the physical Assange perfectly, but the film fails to get a handle on him as a personality, or offer any kind of insight into what his true motivation might be.

Tthe film finally falls short, an explosive beginning leading to a pedestrian end.

'The Fifth Estate' is, without a doubt, one of the worst movies of 2013.