I watched this about 4yrs ago, after watching the "Sound of Freedom", it came to my mind again. This is not as good as "Sound of Freedom", it treads a lot of the same ground, and it seems to expose Child Sex Trafficking, which I commend, but it fails for a few reasons. Probably, unlike in "Sound of Freedom" where we have a central character who we can root for, which has a clear story arch, this film does not and it suffers for it. Now of course "Sound of Freedom" is based on Tim Ballard so it automatically has that going for it. Here we are given a group of miserable and horrible people with little story.
Despite the horrible events in this film, I was not crying like I was during "Sound of Freedom". I was uncomfortable and it made me very sad, but not in the same way. I didn't leave this movie grieved by what's going on in America and around the world as I should. It doesn't require manipulation to make you understand what a problem human trafficking and child trafficking is.
This movie is commendable for not shutting away from the harsh reality of this and attempting to expose it, but it does fall short despite being well-filmed decently accented, especially by Tom Arnold of all people. I wish I could recommend it more, but the last half is particularly meandering, if we had more attatching to the children in the movie the second half would be more compelling, but it just feels disjointed and disinterested. I suppose in a way that's by design because they live a transient life, just trying to get by. But having some hope in the movie would help, Peele like a dose of hope with their tragedy.
Well-filmed, well-made, but the accepted lacks the punch it should have. It is filmed rarely given the subject matter, but I'm saying it lacks the emotional punch and connection. This is why "Sound of Freedom" hits harder, it has that emotional punch and connection with the characters from the first frame. I hope we see more movies on this topic exposing the horrors, not by showing the acts, but by showing how they do it and the processes.
Child Sex Trafficking is a traffic reality that's being ignored because of those pushing the Marxist agenda.
Despite the horrible events in this film, I was not crying like I was during "Sound of Freedom". I was uncomfortable and it made me very sad, but not in the same way. I didn't leave this movie grieved by what's going on in America and around the world as I should. It doesn't require manipulation to make you understand what a problem human trafficking and child trafficking is.
This movie is commendable for not shutting away from the harsh reality of this and attempting to expose it, but it does fall short despite being well-filmed decently accented, especially by Tom Arnold of all people. I wish I could recommend it more, but the last half is particularly meandering, if we had more attatching to the children in the movie the second half would be more compelling, but it just feels disjointed and disinterested. I suppose in a way that's by design because they live a transient life, just trying to get by. But having some hope in the movie would help, Peele like a dose of hope with their tragedy.
Well-filmed, well-made, but the accepted lacks the punch it should have. It is filmed rarely given the subject matter, but I'm saying it lacks the emotional punch and connection. This is why "Sound of Freedom" hits harder, it has that emotional punch and connection with the characters from the first frame. I hope we see more movies on this topic exposing the horrors, not by showing the acts, but by showing how they do it and the processes.
Child Sex Trafficking is a traffic reality that's being ignored because of those pushing the Marxist agenda.