Simply A Masterpiece

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.

It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

Not much to say about this movie other than it's very, very bad. They have really scraped the barrel in terms of actors.

This movie is a big reminder for parents to remember how important it is to teach and protect your children and preparing them for what could possibly happen in their life. It is a big responsibility to have a child and even bigger one to educate them against the Predators and to know who might be a predator. This is a very moving story about such events that could have been avoided but we're overlooked because of trusting people that we're not investigated first. As a mother I was horrified but enlightened and reminded that every mother should teach her child girl or boy to watch out for suspicious people who want to use them. If you love your child teach them

This movie is a glimpse into what goes on in the multi-billion dollar business of sex trafficking worldwide, yes including America. Much like a Lifetime movie, the acting can be average at times and the storyline slow... but kudos to this movie highlighting the gigantic, barely spoken about bc it's an uncomfortable issue (of children, teens and women/men being trafficked for the enjoyment of men to use and discard) As you sit on your couch scrolling through IMDB to decide what movie you feel like watching.. this one won't likely win an Oscar but it may win over some supporters of those suffering. Ps: Very few "make it out" of sex slavery... That's why the story reflected that.

Based on the book by Harvard professor Siddharth Kara, which he adapted into the screenplay, this film tells the horrific story of human trafficking in the modern age. As indicated in the film, there are millions of victims of the trafficking with as many as 100,000 in the United States of America. According to Kara, as an industry, human trafficking accounted for the staggering figure of $100 billion passing hands within a single year.The film had an ambitious reach as it depicted the of abductions the Nigerian Mali (Jessica Obilum); the Indian Amba (Alpa Banker), whose dream of attending M.I.T. ends with her brutal kidnapping; and the Northern Californian Sara (Kelly Washington), who was raised in a Catholic orphanage after fleeing with her younger sister from an abusive father and a dysfunctional family.Anne Archer plays the role of the kind Mother Monica, and Ashley Judd is Diane, an angelic social worker on the surface, but a sadistic accomplice to the traffickers, who betrays the trust of young Sara. It was disappointing that Judd's character was never fully developed to learn what was her underlying "story" that led her to such a depraved existence.At a key juncture in the film, Mali, Amba, and Sara are forced to live out a nightmare when they are united in Houston. It is at this point that the film becomes more of a "let's-make-a-break-for-it" thriller than an exposé. One of the most shocking moments of film was the completely unexpected betrayal of young Sara by Judd's character Diane. But one of the most uplifting moments was Mali's identification of "juju," the sacred spirits that will inspire the young hostages to persevere and eventually triumph over their oppressors. According to Mali, the spirits "keep you safe when trouble comes." And there was plenty of troubled exposed in their story.This was an earnest and indeed terrifying film that succeeded in raising awareness about an important topic. It even provided a hotline number in the closing credits.