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Skin Trade Movie Review

Name: Skin Trade Movie Review
Item: Skin Trade
Rating: 2.5
Author: Sivapriya Anand

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Review for the film " Skin Trade"

Streaming On: Amazon Prime Video

Runtime: 1 Hour 37 Minutes

Certificate: A

Released: 22-05-2015

Genre: Thriller, Crime

Similar To: Coolie, Maayavan Reloaded, Thuppakki 2, Vetaiyan

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CAST & CREW

Aaron Brumfield

Conan Stevens

Manu Bhardwaj

Ron Perlman

Tony Jaa

Craig Baumgarten

Dolph Lundgren

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Producer:

Michael Selby

Dolph Lundgren

Craig Baumgarten

Music Director:

Jacob Groth

Editor:

Victor Du Bois

Director:

Ekachai Uekrongtham

Movie Actor:

Dolph Lundgren

Tony Jaa

Movie Actress:

Celina Jade

Costume Designer:

Nirachara Wannalai

Sound Designer:

James Fonnyadt

Devan Kraushar

Second Assistant Director:

Trevor McWhinney

Katie Roper

Director of Photography:

Ben Nott

Executive Producer:

Mark Roper

Associate Producer:

Chaiyuth Suwanamas

Piyasak Bhumichitra

Jonathan Shore

Assistant Director:

Chedpong Laoyant

Second Unit Director:

Dian Hristov

Visual Effects Producer:

Andrew Karr

Supervising Producer:

Mark Roper

Casting Director:

Maureen Webb

Anne McCarthy

Tarinee Aoi Thaima

Still Photographer:

Dean Buscher

Production Company:

Baumgarten Management and Productions

Thor Pictures

SC Film Productions

empty:

Bill Mellow

Leonardo A Barragan

Kevin Belen

Assistant Editor:

Jordan Dieselberg

Screenplay Writer:

Dolph Lundgren

Steven Elder

Gabriel Dowrick

Gaffer:

Rory Soderman

Matt Slattery

Music Editor:

Meagan Carsience

Production Designer:

Ek Iemchuen

Makeup Artist:

Siwakorn Suklankarn

Hair Stylist:

Rosa Terracciano

Stunt Coordinator:

Larry Lam

Paul Wu

Stunt Performer:

Anteo Quintavalle

Stunt Double:

Niko Rusakov

Carl Fortin

Tony Messenger

Sarut Khanwilai

Digital Compositor:

Sree Rama Krishna

Camera Operator:

Nattawut Kittikhun

Lohengrin Zapiain

Sound Editor:

Jay Cheetham

Assistant Hair Stylist:

Denise Barnes

Assistant Cameraman:

Mikah Sharkey

Lighting Technician:

Teo Jara Taboada

Stunt Coordinator Assistant:

Yothin Udomsanti

Supporting Actor:

Ron Perlman

Manu Bhardwaj

Conan Stevens

empty:

Steven Elder

Aaron Brumfield

Ken Cade

Viktor Krav

Anteo Quintavalle

Chloe Babcook

Hugh Brammar

Anchittha Phongchub

Johnson Phan

Matthew James Ryder

Luke Stone

Mike Dopud

Patrick Sabongui

Sahajak Boonthanakit

Tony Skarberg

Amirhossein Zargham Borojeni

Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa

Greg Bkk

John Luongo

Markus Waldow

Michael Jai White

Niko Rusakov

Praepailin Ruengsri

Thipwara Jaikwang

Alexander Winters

Sean McQuillan

Matthew Robert Johnson

Bryce Hodgson

Gigi Velicitat

Jenny Sandersson

Manel Soler

Michael G Selby

Natalie Lorence

Peter Weller

Tasya Teles

Aratchaporn Sathet

David Westerman

James Chalke

Leo Rano

Michael Adamthwaite

Napat Matchakua

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Plot: The film Skin Trade Click to look into! >> Read More... is about human trafficking business. It revolves around how a detective Nick Cassidy tries to defeat a Viktor Dragovic, who runs the largest network of human trafficking, to save young girls who are kidnapped and are forced to work for him. Another detective Tony Vitayakul also tries to do the same. The film revolves around how the two try their best to prevent such things from happening. Cassidy gets Dragovic arrested and kills his son Andre. Meanwhile, Dragovic plans and bombs Cassidy’s house which kills his wife and daughter but luckily Cassidy survives with injuries. Dragovic somehow escapes prison and moves to Cambodia and Cassidy follows him.

However, the U.S. authorities appoint Reed to detain him with the help of Tony and Nung. Dragovic buys Reed and appoints him to kill Nung and blame Cassidy for the murder. Cassidy then goes to a nightclub where he fights Dragovic’s men. Tony and Reed still follow Cassidy. Tony attempts to kill Cassidy, but after he comes to know about Nung’s death, he kills Reed instead. The next day, Cassidy and Tony together confront Dragovic and at last kill him. Cassidy comes to know that his daughter was still alive and in a trafficking area. He then leaves in search for his daughter.

Analysis: The director is Ekachai Uekrongtham does a pretty good work in the film. What are appreciated the most are the action sequences which are perfect. However, he seems to have concentrated more on the casting of the movie rather than what is happening on screen. The action sequences are shot the best though the movie is full of them. The story is by Dolph Lundgren Dolph Lundgren is a well known martial artist, act >> Read More... , which is good but very similar. It seems like a combination of a lot of other similar movies. It turns out to be nothing but a film where one tries to seek revenge for the loss of his family.

Although the basic plot is human trafficking, it loses connection with the idea in the long run. Apart from a few scenes, there is no reference to the crime anywhere. Also, the film has so much violence that until one is a total martial-art freak, it seems too overloaded. Apart from that, it is a pretty simple story. The film’s execution is pretty decent. Cinematography by Ben Nott is also fantastic and highly appreciated.

Star Performance: The film gets a full score for the excellent cast which includes Dolph Lundgren as Cassidy and Tony Jaa Tony Jaa is the international name of Japanom Yeer >> Read More... as Tony Vitayakul in the lead. It deserves appreciation for the brilliant acting and portrayal of characters. They successfully put up with the film’s non-stop action sequences and don’t let you get tired of them. Michael Jai White, Ron Perlman Ronald N. Perlman, better known as Ron Perlman, wa >> Read More... , and Peter Wellman also do their respective roles pretty well.

What’s there? The film works for you if you are a total action freak.

What’s not there? It has an unoriginal storyline that makes it highly predictable. The film uses the idea of human trafficking just to put up the story of a man who seeks revenge for the loss of his family. The rest of the story has nothing to do with trafficking of humans.

Verdict: Though the film is something that one has watched before, it has very real-time action sequences which are excellently choreographed and carried out by the wonderful cast.