Trade
by Marco Kreuzpaintner
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Actor: Alicja Bachleda-Curus, Kathleen Gati, Kevin Kline, Paulina Gaitan, Pavel LychnikoffDirector: Marco Kreuzpaintner
Brand: LION'S GATE ENTERTAINMENT
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: Arabic (Original Language); English (Original Language); Polish (Original Language); Russian (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 119 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-01-29
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Lions Gate
Movie Reviews of Trade
Movie Review: Uncomfortable but necessary
Summary: 4 Stars
This is not a fun movie, and given the subject matter, it shouldn't be. Sex slavery has received increasing attention lately, but most people here still associate it with Thailand or Russia. This film drives home the fact that it could be going on not too far from where you live. And as the film demonstrates, it's very difficult to do anything about it.
This isn't great movie-making. It becomes pretty predictable in places. Several times, it's contrived and relies on improbable coincidences to keep the pursuers on the track of the bad guys. And the final confrontation in New Jersey ends disappointingly formulaic and flat. But the acting by largely unknown actors is solid, and having all mostly use their respective native language (with subtitles where necessary) adds a touch of authenticity. Even Kevin Kline, whom I could never stand as a comedian, does a credible job; for most of the film he seems somewhat befuddled and lost, which actually fits perfectly with his character. There are a few flashes of brilliance in the film: The field of reeds is one of the eeriest sequences I've seen in a long time. Do such places exist? Knowing what we do about the state of humankind, why shouldn't they? And at the very end, the film seems to satisfy your appetite for revenge, and then a few seconds later with a very simple device makes you stop and question it. Superbly done.
Summary of Trade
Trade, a controversial drama that aims to enlighten viewers to the horrors of the international sex slave trade, functions in a somewhat documentary mode due to its purposefully repellent nature. Written by Jose Rivera, who also adapted to screen the Motorcycle Diaries, Trade opens in Mexico City where a tourist, Weronika (Alicja Bachleda-Curus), is kidnapped right before a thirteen year-old Mexican girl, Adriana (Paulina Gaitan) is yanked off her bike and pushed into a black Mercedes. Quickly, the two young women meet in various squalid conditions, alternating turns of abuse and rape with sleazy men who prepare them for international sale over the Internet. A vengeful plot kicks in once Adriana's brother, Jorge (Cesar Ramos) and Texas policeman, Ray Sheridan (Kevin Kline), fatefully unite to rescue Adriana in hopes of eliminating this repugnant operation. Trade is nothing short of a melodrama; the script is overwrought, and many scenes are morbid and graphic. When Adriana has been captured by U.S. border patrol, sits in prison, and a Texas high school student offers her, in Spanish, friendship and an issue of Glamour magazine, one feels the soap opera line being crossed. However, the political message in Trade is strong and preaching aside, viewers may realize that any exposure of women's rights violations is for the greater good. —Trinie DaltonWhen 13-year-old Adriana is kidnapped by sex traffickers in Mexico City her 17-year-old brother Jorge sets off on a desperate mission to save her. As Jorge dodges overwhelming obstacles to track the girl's abductors he meets Ray (Kevin Kline) a Texas cop whose own family loss leads him to become an ally. TRADE is a thrilling story of courage and a devastating exposure of one of the world's most heinous crimes.Cast: Kevin Kline Cesar Ramos Alicja Bachleda Paulina GaitanDirector: Marco KreuzpaintnerSpecial Features: Director Commentary "Chasing Shadows" Featurette - a behind-the-scenes look at TRADE "Paper to Print" Featurette - how the moving New York Times article became the film Deleted ScenesSystem Requirements:Run Time: 120 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA/CRIME & CRIMINALS Rating: R UPC: 031398222019 Manufacturer No: 22201
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