Film Review: Skin Trade.
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Cert: 18 (R-rated)
Cert: 18 (R-rated)
Director: Ekachai Uekrongtham
Screen writer: Gabriel Dowrick , Steven Elder , John Hyams , Dolph Lundgren
Starring: Ron Perlman , Tony Jaa , Dolph Lundgren , Celina Jade , Michael Jai White , Peter Weller , Conan Stevens , Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa , Tasya Teles , Mike Dopud , Sahajak Boonthanakit , Aaron Brumfield , Chloe Babcook many more.....
Running time: 96 min
Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity: a lot of scene are of young woman half dressed for sex slavery, a scene of man have sex on a sex breast are seen, scene of woman naked striping at a bar.
Violence & Gore: Few brutal fight scene, man stabbing a man with a sharp object, few scene of men getting shot, photos are seen of dead body's.
Profanity: Extremely strong language
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: Alcohol & drugs are seen being use throughout the film
Frightening/Intense Scenes: Scene of the sex slavery maybe disturbing for some viewers
Story: Nick, a tough NY cop, runs afoul of the Russian mob engaged in human trafficking, and they end up killing his wife and daughter for revenge. Determined to make them pay, he follows the kingpin to Bangkok, the hub of their activities. He teams up with a Thai detective and they decide to wipe out the entire organization and terminate their business entirely.
Likes : This isn't a bad film based on the screen writing that Dolph Lundgren has been writing for the past eight years ago, he not done a bad job at bring up a very dark subject that in the world today as 20-30 young woman & children go missing to slavery trade for sex, which i see is a touch subject for Dolph.
What Dolph is good at doing with he's film is he know how to push a film to get its core audience satisfied even as it tries to shed light onto a matter close to his heart, i.e. that of human trafficking. So if you're expecting a very angry Lundgren on a revenge rampage, or a mano-a-mano between Lundgren and Tony Jaa, or a similar one-on-one between Tony Jaa and Michael Jai White, this film won't be disappointed, the fight scene are well choreograph & pretty brutal in place.
The very dark side of this film is the sex slavery scene that are run by a Russian mob ring run by Viktor Dragovic's played by Ron Perlman who is actual good in these type of role he has this onscreen presence that make him a brilliant actor.
This dose feel very much like a b movie to be honest not sure its worth cinema viewing has it feel more of a straight to DVD movie, but still worth it for the action scene with the fighting, although some part of this film could have been a little better.
Dislikes : The trailer show this film as an action film but viewing the film fall short of this, as some of the pacing is question, the story-line could of had a bit more story to it, it felt a lit short with the ending because the film had a twist but it end before it ended it could of had a better ending. aprt from that the fight scene i felt were the only best parts of the film, its dosent miss a few opportunity where it could of been a bit better, but still a good film.
Overall : great fight scene, dark concept, few good action scene, slightly bad ending.
Rating: 4.6 out of 5 for entertainment / 7.4 out of 10 for story concept.
Screen writer: Gabriel Dowrick , Steven Elder , John Hyams , Dolph Lundgren
Starring: Ron Perlman , Tony Jaa , Dolph Lundgren , Celina Jade , Michael Jai White , Peter Weller , Conan Stevens , Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa , Tasya Teles , Mike Dopud , Sahajak Boonthanakit , Aaron Brumfield , Chloe Babcook many more.....
Running time: 96 min
Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity: a lot of scene are of young woman half dressed for sex slavery, a scene of man have sex on a sex breast are seen, scene of woman naked striping at a bar.
Violence & Gore: Few brutal fight scene, man stabbing a man with a sharp object, few scene of men getting shot, photos are seen of dead body's.
Profanity: Extremely strong language
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: Alcohol & drugs are seen being use throughout the film
Frightening/Intense Scenes: Scene of the sex slavery maybe disturbing for some viewers
Story: Nick, a tough NY cop, runs afoul of the Russian mob engaged in human trafficking, and they end up killing his wife and daughter for revenge. Determined to make them pay, he follows the kingpin to Bangkok, the hub of their activities. He teams up with a Thai detective and they decide to wipe out the entire organization and terminate their business entirely.
Likes : This isn't a bad film based on the screen writing that Dolph Lundgren has been writing for the past eight years ago, he not done a bad job at bring up a very dark subject that in the world today as 20-30 young woman & children go missing to slavery trade for sex, which i see is a touch subject for Dolph.
What Dolph is good at doing with he's film is he know how to push a film to get its core audience satisfied even as it tries to shed light onto a matter close to his heart, i.e. that of human trafficking. So if you're expecting a very angry Lundgren on a revenge rampage, or a mano-a-mano between Lundgren and Tony Jaa, or a similar one-on-one between Tony Jaa and Michael Jai White, this film won't be disappointed, the fight scene are well choreograph & pretty brutal in place.
The very dark side of this film is the sex slavery scene that are run by a Russian mob ring run by Viktor Dragovic's played by Ron Perlman who is actual good in these type of role he has this onscreen presence that make him a brilliant actor.
This dose feel very much like a b movie to be honest not sure its worth cinema viewing has it feel more of a straight to DVD movie, but still worth it for the action scene with the fighting, although some part of this film could have been a little better.
Dislikes : The trailer show this film as an action film but viewing the film fall short of this, as some of the pacing is question, the story-line could of had a bit more story to it, it felt a lit short with the ending because the film had a twist but it end before it ended it could of had a better ending. aprt from that the fight scene i felt were the only best parts of the film, its dosent miss a few opportunity where it could of been a bit better, but still a good film.
Overall : great fight scene, dark concept, few good action scene, slightly bad ending.
Rating: 4.6 out of 5 for entertainment / 7.4 out of 10 for story concept.
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