Trade
Trade
R | 23 January 2007 (USA)
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A Texas cop, whose own daughter might have been forced into sexual slavery, joins forces with a Mexican youth to find the boy's sister, who was abducted and forced into prostitution. Meanwhile, a Polish woman who was promised a better life in America also becomes a victim.

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kayladearing

Trade isn't the crime movie you would expect. It is a movie that should give you that gut feeling through most it. It shows just how sick people really are and can be! These two girls are kidnapped, a young boy, Jorge (Cesar Ramos) does his best to get one of the girls ( his sister) back. He gets in the trunk of Ray's (Kevin Klein) car and does his best to get to New Jersey to save his sister, so Ray decides to help him out. Finally, they get to see where Adriana is, and he "buys" her. With the two girls not knowing it, they attempt to run away. When Ray and Jorge ( in the trunk ) goes to meet Manuella Manuelo (Marco Perez), Manuella tells Ray that he has to ride in the car with him. Jorge gets out of the trunk, and follows. When they get to the house, Ray hands Laura (Kate del Castillo) the money and she says that he has to have sex with Adriana before they leave. Manuella comes up to the room to check, and knows they didn't actually have sex. Adriana, touches his hand, and brings up Veronica. He realizes what was going on, and is upset the rest of the time. He goes outside to take them back to Ray's car, and all kinds of cops show up and arrest Laura and Manuella. The cops get Adriana and Jorge a plane back to Mexico and Adriana reunites with her mom with lots of love. Trade was a touching movie, that really touched my heart. Seeing Jorge do everything in his power to get Adriana back was absolutely phenomenal.

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matthewsullivan-22799

**This review contain Spoilers!**Watching the movie Trade is very suspenseful, realistic movie I've seen about Trafficking. The superb acting from all the actors, such as Jorge (Cersar Ramos) and Ray Sheridan (Kevin Kline) try to save Jorge sister Adriana (Paulina Gaitan) their portrayal of these characters are realist in the situation that they are in.The portrayal of Adriana and Veronica (Alicja Bachleda) characters as two girls who were forced to become sex slaves to be sold to men. The fear and the struggle that these characters are forced to deal with, as they fight to keep what humanity they have left; like when they escaped from Manuelo (Marco Pérez) and Alex Green (Zack Ward) Veronica calls her mother to see if she and her baby to see if they are OK, then they are recaptured they are taken to a cliff is about to be punished instead she jumps off, living Adriana behindBut there are so part that was plain out wrong that wouldn't happen in the real world. Such as the Mexican Mafia not being involved they would think of this as an invasion of their territory that it's happening under their noses. They are very religious people they would help their own people out. The police in the US would also be on it to at the same time. There are some things that are true, like the police of the Mexican Government do nothing to help they would probably be part of it. Or that the living condition of the people living in Mexico is really bad, and that they very religious people there. The reality of human-trafficking is portrayed very well in Trade I recommend it.

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lexusegbert

Wake up call *may contain spoilers*The movie Trade is a good film in the acting, but message of the movie was horrifying and eye opening. Eye opening in a sense that, that same story could be going on somewhere in the world today and it doesn't seem like there is anything being done about it. It's sickening to think that there are more slaves today ever world wide then when it was legal back then. Many stories like Adriana's (Paulina Gaitan) story doesn't always end up good or the victim being saved. Most victims end up either dying because of diseases they may have caught or being murdered for trying to escape.This film truly is disturbing and gruesome. It shows almost exactly the things that occur in real situations like Andriana's, there are some things that can't be expressed in movies or stories. but the story was brought forth well. It was easy to understand. The movie gives me a want and desire for justice for the all of the victims being drug into slavery. I honestly didn't know all that much about human trafficking until i watched this movie and started doing research in class about it. It makes you wonder about all of the foreign people that come here you don't know if they are here willingly or forced. Its honestly scary to think that the person living next door to you could be a slave or a sex trafficker. This film definitely makes you want do something about this horrible thing and make a difference.

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haileycollinsworth

Finished or Not?While watching the movie Trade I got goosebumps from how accurate the story line is. They showed human trafficking in a very realistic way that got to the viewer on a deeper level. There's a little bit of humor in it with two characters, there's some suspense, and action. There are a few things that I don't think we're as realistic, but overall it was a good movie. There's one part in the movie showing how a character got across a border that doesn't seem realistic, and the way the situation was dealt with. When Jorge hid in the trunk and when found didn't get arrested. This is the only flaws I saw with the movie. There are a few scenes that were a little hard for me to watch personally, just because they were so harsh and awful to see. I wouldn't recommend this for anyone under the age of 16 because of those certain scenes. I think this film shows people things they don't realize is actually true and happening in life. It's like a wakeup call, hopefully making an impact and making them pay closer attention to what they see around them, cars, people, and especially immigrants. Its shown in Trade how immigrants are often the main victims because they don't understand how police work or how to speak English. Two totally different worlds are shown. A dirty, hateful and scared country. Then America where it's clean, there's roads, and police, and events like parades. The main character, Jorge, was at times a little hard to understand because his accent was so strong and he talked fast when mad or upset. I also think they should have given more background on each character. Why they did the things they did, their life before the major event that's happened, it would have help develop the story so much more. To sum this up, overall I think they had a good storyline, and purpose, but they should have just developed the characters more and added some more details to the movie.

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