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Rating:  - Soap opera
The international traffic in human beings is a disgrace as is this movie. The script is atrocious, maudlin, and implausible. Robert Carlyle does a good job of playing the head of the crime organization, but Mira Sorvino as the ICE agent looks and acts like a beagle. If you are looking for a credible story/drama about human trafficking, look elsewhere.
Rating:  - Today's Tragic Nightmares
It is a true tragedy that in today's world so many people are victimized and enslaved for pure profit. The suffering and degradation of the enslaved goes beyond what the average person can even begin to imagine. I have become actively involved in learning as much as I possibly can about this blight upon humanity, that includes going to conferences, as well as reading as much as I can about this topic. I recently read a book, [[ASIN: 0979521300 Modern Day Slavery: Human Trafficking Revealed (Hardcover)]] which really opened my eyes and showed just how wide spread this crime truly is.
This movie portrays the crime of sex trafficking and child sex trafficking, it is well produced and shows much of the brutality one would expect to find in such a criminal enterprise. Through further research I have discovered some of the lasting effects which result from sex trafficking. First and foremost there is death, so many die from physical abuse and violence, but many more perish because of AIDS, botched abortions, untreated infections, malnutrition, and sadly even from suicide. Those who have been fortunate enough to escape or who have been rescued are left with so many scars, both physical and psychological. Many are left infertile as the result of prolonged sexual abuse and improper medical treatment. It is impossible to cover the scope of human trafficking in one movie, which is why this one focuses on sex trafficking; however it is important to realize that trafficking exists in so many areas. Victims can be found in the agricultural fields, garment industries, mines, construction, fishing villages, domestic servitude, hotel industry, and restaurants. Sadly my list is incomplete, victims are found in so many more areas than just these. I encourage everyone to learn as much as possible about this horrendous criminal enterprise. It is through awareness and public outcry that we can find a voice for the enslaved.
Rating:  - Terribly!!
Everybody must see this movie!!What happens with these woman is a incredible cruelty.It is sometimes unbelievable that these are actors,and not real live victims. They play it so realistic that you are steaming with anger full of rage in your mind,ore crying in your seat. The story line is very dramatic and shows how even the most carefull woman are trapt by those 'animals'! They should make much more movies like these!
Rating: - Much Better than "Eastern Promises"
If you are going to watch one film about the underbelly of Russian crime, this is the one. I swear, this film hit me so hard that at times I felt as if I would vomit. It is that heartbreaking, that deep. All of the stories are incredibly sad, but for me none more so than the poor little children sold into the sex trade (one shockingly by her own father) who were eleven and younger in the Phillipines. Oh my God, the tears poured from my eyes to watch those little babies being brutalized by those pigs and it literally hurts to watch it knowing that right now it's happening to many real children in the world. Any pig who can hurt anyone but especially a child deserves to go to hell before even Hitler and Stalin. This film will kill something inside of you, but you must watch it because IT'S REAL! This honestly (and probably in much worse ways) is going on right now in the world. I watched it with my kids who are preteen age so they know that evil does exist in the world and why they will not be walking to the bus stop alone. Honestly, after watching this you might not let your child out of your sight until he is 30. Others have complained about the lead actors; I found Donald Sutherland (much like my favourite Sutherland, Kiefer) to be dead-on and performed with the perfect intensity. Mira, whom I quite like, was pretty good except for the uncle rape backline. I thought (like many of the other reviewers) that it was a bit overkill, but this film doesn't belong to the stars, it belongs to those who played victims (especially the poor little children who I hope received theraphy after filming such a traumatic story) and the traffickers. They played the ultimate soulless, evil freaks and I hope that they received major props for bringing this important topic to life. My God, forget the rainforest and PETA; save the children and women of the world from this fate worse than death!
Rating: - Very Depressing
I guess we can add human beings to the list of contraband that gets smuggled into the United States and any other country where the currency is worth anything.
Is there any vice that doesn't turn into a profitable business in America ?
This particular movie traces the rancid path of kidnapping, rape, and sexual slavery from Russia through Mexico and then into America.
I don't know how real this movie is but the phenomenon itself is definitely real. This same thing is happening in Iraq as people flee the violence only to face something worse as refugees.
That's what's scary about this movie. These girls are running away from something that's as bad as what happens to them. People don't run away from a normal life.
The Italian mafia was bad enough in its hey day but I don't think they can compare with the Columbians and Russians as far as their brutality and ruthlessness.
There's also a side plot with child trafficking in the Phillipines which is apparently one of the other human cess pools in the world.
Then sometimes people from the wealthy countries go to the cess pools instead. They show that side of it also.
The acting in this movie is flat at times.
Rather it's the the message that is so important.
Whether or not this movie will help solve this horrendous problem I don't know.
For me personally I wouldn't want to travel to the Phillipines, Mexico, etc..
There's a lot of riff raff coming across the U.S. / Mexican border.
Jeff Marzano
The First Circle (European Classics)
The Gulag Archipelago: 1918-1956
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