On the Big Board |
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Staff |
In Brief |
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Max Braden |
Kline isn't convincing as a gruff Texas lawman. For a similar theme done far better, pick Gone, Baby, Gone. |
Trade is a complex-sounding film that deals with the issue of human trafficking. Every year, millions of people are unwillingly trafficked across international borders. This is not a social issue that gets a great deal of attention in North America, but perhaps it should.
Kevin Kline plays a Texas cop who learns that he may have had a daughter who was trafficked a long time ago. He sets out to investigate his own case, and while working he meets a young boy from Mexico City whose 13-year-old sister has been kidnapped. As they work to save her, the sister befriends Jovovich, a young Russian woman who thought she had been coming to the United States to work as a nanny, but instead is enslaved in Mexico.
Trade is likely to be a polarizing, controversial picture, particularly due to the presence of violent sexual acts involving minors. It's a bold choice for Kevin Kline in a project that was scripted by the writer of the well-received The Motorcycle Diaries. (Kim Hollis/BOP)
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