The most stupid movie I've ever watched. I beg you not to watch this. It'll just stress you how poorly this movie was made. Lot of things can be done to escape. The script is just too stupid. Very STUPID MOVIE. I've seen a lot of human trafficking movie but so far this is the worst. I don't know how is this a powerhouse movie. Nothing makes sense.

I don't normally write reviews, but this movie was so bad I felt I had to go and get my ancient account out to say how bad it was. I am glad I did not pay money for the movie as I watched it on Netflix, so it was kind of free. Anyway, this review will contain spoilers, so proceed with caution if you wish to do so.So, let's start off with the beginning of the movie. Everything is going smooth, like way too smooth for an adoption and moving too fast, but meh let's say they are young and dumb. Forgivable, we shall call this Ball 1. They go to leave and ask about the Passport? Oh, that isn't done yet? Hm... OK, Strike 1 movie you have failed to impress me with your amazing skills at pulling me in.They run into a guy, John Cusack, that introduces himself and seems very familiar with the main's characters history though it would seem logically any stranger should not have an idea about your work. Strike 2 Movie After discussing a problem with the hotel they state they moved to another one and inform the adoption office they have moved. Another red flag here that the passport is still not there and these people just accept it. Strike 3 Movie The guy decides to go get a drink after he nearly killed his wife and ruined his chance at having a family naturally. Yeah, sure, especially when everything is going great why not drink the thing that reminds you of nearly killing your wife. Strike 4 Movie The bar fight scene happens and apparently the police ask no witnesses what happened? The police also don't seem to believe the only dude that got the crap beat out of him was the instigator? Strike 5 Movie Apparently it is a law in Puerto Rico you have to have your spouse get you out of jail for nothing, good thing he wasn't some single dude. Strike 6 Movie The girl who was at the fight scene suddenly claims she wants to help, but doesn't want the police involved. Strike 7 Movie The couple manage to escape multiple times from these inept criminal masterminds and have multiple opportunities to kill them or take control of the situation, but instead they just choose to run like scared little children. Strike 8, 9, Switch Sides The ending was by far the dumbest thing, "Let's take you home Nina, since we probably have acquired you through illegal means and have no way to back it in the court of law in the US let alone Puerto Rico." However, at that point, I had so resigned from the movie that the little girl could have turned into a dog and I would not have been shocked or expected any less. Thinking back on it, that would have probably been much easier to have explained.I am not a music, lighting or other type of guy, but these areas definitely needed work and seemed like it was choppily edited and rushed out the door. Seems like this movie suffered from too much producing not enough good movie making.The one positive thing I can say about this movie was despite the horrible writing, John Cusack played a great bad guy, which is why it got 1 star.

It's got all the good checkboxes: they're rich, he's got a 'drinking problem', she's barren, he's an idiot, she's always right and always angry and self righteous. They both have terrible judgment almost criminally retarded bad. The bad guys are practically twirling their mustaches and cackling. I haven't watched it through yet but I figure at the end, red hair white girl will kick butt, get the child back and castrate her husband. Other reviews complain ceaselessly how paint by numbers this is. That's a good thing it's entirely vapid and stupid down to the music which is from other movies; probably some random Nick Cage trash. But cookie cutter is good. Fast food is good. Eat your burger. Stop whining.

Review: I wasn't that impressed with this film because it looked cheap and the director didn't do a good job with such and important concept. Its about a young girl who gets adopted by a loving couple who pay a lot of money to fast track the transaction. After obtaining the child and falling completely in love with her, she ends up getting kidnapped with a high price on her head. Its not the most original storyline that I have seen and it really lacked emotion from the actors, which was surprising because Ryan Phillipe usually puts in a good performance. It all seemed a bit cheap and I'm not surprised that it went straight to DVD. There are a few intense scenes when the couple are trying to rescue the young girl, but they weren't that amazing. The storyline was predictable from the beginning to the end and the gullible couple should have thought twice before handing over so much money to the people who were selling the girl. Man On Fire and Ransom dealt with this subject matter much better so this film has to get the thumbs down from me. Disappointing!Round-Up: John Cusack was surprisingly quite poor in this film and the loving couple, played by Ryan Phillipe and Rachelle Lefevre, seemed disconnected from each other, throughout the movie. It really is a made for TV type of film because you can tell that it was made with a low budget. I personally think that the movie would have been much better if the young girl was kidnapped from people who lived in Haiti because it would have seemed more real. Anyway, there are a couple of car chases which perk the movie up a little but the whole thing was quite dull and I struggled to stay awake.I recommend this movie to people who are into their drama/thrillers about a young girl who gets adopted by a young couple and gets kidnapped and held for a hefty ransom. 2/10