Traffik Reviews

To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since I have a weak spot for Paula Patton and since it was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, first of all, I can’t remember the last time I saw a movie which obviously didn’t deserve at all to start with the words ‘based on true events’. Sure, millions of women in the US and in the rest of the world are victims of this awful business but it was basically the only true thing about this movie. Indeed, everything was completely made up and it obviously never happened that some journalist discovered a trafficking ring completely by accident, actually became an actual victim of this traffickers and managed to have the whole thing shut down, all this within only a couple of hours. Seriously, it would be like claiming that ‘Seven’ is actually based on true events because serial killers do exist. Anyway, even if the ‘based on true events’ claim was completely bogus and ridiculous, it wasn’t even the biggest problem with this movie. Indeed, the damned thing was just so slow, it took forever to finally get the plot started and everything happening before was just seriously tedious. Furthermore, even if Paula Patton was charming as usual, in spite of all her efforts, I never cared about her character and her group of friends was even worse. I mean, who cares that Darren is a hotshot sport agent doing some cocaine and is a major douchebag with his girlfriend and his best friend? What was the link with the main topic and, above all, what was the added value? Anyway, to conclude, even though it was dealing with an important topic, it is rather bewildering how weak the damned thing was and I think you can pretty much avoid it.