The Netflix movie “Cuties” showcased young girls, dressed in provocative attire, gyrating toward the camera.

Even free speech devotees wondered if that visual approach was necessary to tell the story in play. The media, en masse, rallied to the movie’s side, suggesting “Cuties” critics had it all wrong.

We’re seeing the opposite in play with “Sound of Freedom.” The summer’s sleeper smash follows a special agent (Jim Caviezel) attempt to rescue a little girl from child sex traffickers.

And it’s based on a true story, no less.

[This is a strange hill on which to die — a film that advocates for children against traffickers. It’s especially strange to see this through the eyes of domestic politics, since nothing in the film involves domestic politics. Only two brief sequences show enforcement actions inside the US, and those take place in Calexico and San Ysidro. Everything else takes place abroad — Mexico, Honduras, and Colombia, and it’s based on a real sequence of events. — Ed]