The mother of journalist James Foley , who was brutally executed by the Islamic State in 2014 , has criticized the upcoming film Viper Club for stealing her story.

According to IMDb, the film centers on the story of a war correspondent, Andy Sterling, who is taken hostage while on assignment, prompting his mother, Helen, impatient with the governments lack of concern, to take matters into her own hands .

Diane Foley described a screening as a very upsetting experience, according to The Hollywood Reporter , pointing out the striking parallels between her own story and that of Helen, portrayed by Susan Sarandon.

She even physically resembles me, Foley said. What was appalling is that it was my story, almost to the tiniest detail.

In the film, Sarandon plays a nurse (Foley is a nurse) who discovers a clandestine community of journalists, advocates and philanthropists who might be able to help her free her son after finding the FBI and State Department officials to be ineffective.