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TRAFFIK

"Harrowing Encounter with Human Trafficking"

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What You Need To Know:

TRAFFIK is a thriller about human trafficking in America. Brea, an investigative journalist, is on a romantic getaway to a mountain cabin with her boyfriend, John, who wants to pop the question. On the way, they’re harassed by several bikers at a gas station and convenience store. A big fight almost occurs until it’s stopped by the local female sheriff. Unknown to Brea, a harried-looking woman in the store drops a phone into Brea’s bag. At the cabin, Brea discovers the phone is being used for sex trafficking. When the bikers and their smooth-talking leader come looking for the phone, Brea and John must run for their lives.

Harrowing is the perfect word to describe this thriller with a message. TRAFFIK takes too long to get to the trafficking, but it’s a well-made thriller shedding an important light on a great human evil happening now. That said, TRAFFIK’s designed for adults, and not just because of its subject matter. TRAFFIK also contains lots of strong foul language, a risqué swimming pool scene, and intense, scary and sometimes graphic violence. MOVIEGUIDE® advises extreme caution.

Content:

(BB, LLL, VVV, S, N, A, M):

Dominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements:
Strong moral worldview in a harrowing thriller that exposes human trafficking and sexual slavery in America;

Foul Language:
at least 79 obscenities (many “s” and “f” words) and 11 light profanities (such as OMG);

Violence:
Some extreme, graphic violence such as people shot in the head, other gunplay with people shot, villain shoots a policeman in cold blood, intense fighting, woman slugged, men slugged, and women kidnapped to become sexual slaves sold to the highest bidder(s);

Sex:
Passionate kissing in an exotic swimming pool, implied fornication, and women are kidnapped to be forced into the sex trade;

Nudity:
Upper male nudity, and woman in black underwear, plus one short scene implies she took her bra off and phone has photos of women in halter tops posing for sex slave “buyers”;

Alcohol Use:
Alcohol use and man gets angry and upset and starts downing whiskey from a bottle;

Smoking and/or Drug Use and Abuse:
No smoking, drug references or promotion of illegal substances; and,

Miscellaneous Immorality:
Gang of human traffickers kidnap women and puts them in trucks and have some in a cave they’ve constructed, traffickers inject heroine with a drug to make her unconscious, and a sheriff is corrupt.

More Detail:

TRAFFIK is a harrowing thriller about a female reporter’s capture by human traffickers in America, and her attempt to escape and expose them. Though TRAFFIK switches gears into its human trafficking story a little late, it’s a well-made thriller that sheds an important light on a great human evil, but the movie’s made for adults and contains lots of strong foul language, a risqué swimming pool scene, and intense, scary and sometimes graphic violence.

The movie opens with Brea, an investigative journalist getting into an argument with her boss, who assigns a story she was writing to another reporter. Brea’s in danger of losing her job, which puts a damper on a birthday dinner for her that night with her boyfriend, a mechanic named John, and another couple, Darren and Malia.

That weekend, however, John has an intimate birthday weekend scheduled at a fancy company cabin Darren’s letting them use so John can pop the question. On the way to the cabin, John and Brea are harassed by a small biker gang at a gas station and convenience store. A fight almost breaks out between John and one of the bikers, but the local female sheriff breaks it up. Unknown to Brea, a woman in the restroom who’s with the bikers has dropped a satellite phone into Brea’s purse.

At the cabin, John and Brea’s romantic evening Saturday night is interrupted by Darren and Malia, who show up a day early. At the same time, Brea discovers the satellite phone and deduces that it came from the strange woman in the bathroom, who looked to Berea like she was in trouble. Brea discovers photos of trafficked women on the phone, along with a bunch of overseas phone numbers. Brea wants to go to the police, but Darren objects. An argument ensues, and it gets personal. Malia gets upset and walks out to the car to leave.

However, the biker gang soon comes to the cabin looking for the phone. They send the woman to retrieve the phone, but Brea hesitates. They are led by a smooth-talking truck driver who was at the gas station.

Things go from bad to worse. Soon, Brea and John are running for their lives. It becomes clear that the traffickers want to kill John and capture Brea to turn her into a sex slave. Will she and John survive?

Harrowing is the perfect word to describe this thriller with a message. Also, Writer/Director Deon Taylor has brought his experience in making horror movies to the subject. Another good thing about TRAFFIK is that not only do John and Darren step up to protect their girlfriends, but also that Brea bravely takes action to save herself as well as to expose the traffickers. She’s not just a victim.

That said, TRAFFIK takes a little too long to get to the trafficking plot. Although Writer/Director Taylor has said he intended to make two different movies, a romance that turns into a thriller with a message, he seems to take too long to build to the thriller portion. However, he’s crafted a well-made thriller that sheds an important light on a great human evil happening right under our noses.

Taylor works well with his actors. It’s good to see Paula Patton (who also produces the movie) back in a meaty role as Brea after her fine work in HITCH and DÉJÀ VU, two MOVIEGUIDE® Award winning movies starring Will Smith and Denzel Washington, respectively. Omar Epps of TV’s HOUSE also delivers a nice performance as Brea’s love interest, John. Laz Alonzo is good as the slick, devious Darren, as is Roselyn Sanchez as his put-upon girlfriend, Malia. Finally, Luke Goss and Missi Pyle deliver pretty creepy performances as the local leader of the trafficking gang and the corrupt, hard-bitten sheriff trying to control him and his men.

TRAFFIK is a movie designed only for adults, and not just because of the subject matter. The movie also contains lots of strong foul language, a risqué swimming pool scene, and intense, scary and sometimes graphic violence. So, MOVIEGUIDE® advises extreme caution.

Now more than ever we’re bombarded by darkness in media, movies, and TV. Movieguide® has fought back for almost 40 years, working within Hollywood to propel uplifting and positive content. We’re proud to say we’ve collaborated with some of the top industry players to influence and redeem entertainment for Jesus. Still, the most influential person in Hollywood is you. The viewer.

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Now more than ever we’re bombarded by darkness in media, movies, and TV. Movieguide® has fought back for almost 40 years, working within Hollywood to propel uplifting and positive content. We’re proud to say we’ve collaborated with some of the top industry players to influence and redeem entertainment for Jesus. Still, the most influential person in Hollywood is you. The viewer.

What you listen to, watch, and read has power. Movieguide® wants to give you the resources to empower the good and the beautiful. But we can’t do it alone. We need your support.

You can make a difference with as little as $7. It takes only a moment. If you can, consider supporting our ministry with a monthly gift. Thank you.

Movieguide® is a 501c3 and all donations are tax deductible.


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