KnotMissPriceless Why so much hype?

Rijndri Load of rubbish!!

Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Stephanie There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Chiller7 It wasn't great, but I'll give it 10 stars anyway, because Dolph tried. An A for effort.All these guys, Dolph + Tony Jaa + Ron Perlman + Michael Jai White, are talented action movie guys, but they've all been in way better action movies than this. Yes, they're getting old, but they can still do better.The action scenes in this movie unfortunately just kinda fell short of being considered to be that great overall. There's a couple of pretty decent fights. One of the Tony vs Dolph fights was pretty good, in an abandoned factory. Tony vs Michael Jai White was probably the best scene - very impressive that a guy as big as White can move like that. But, as for the rest of the movie, the abundance of dull shootout scenes just weren't very interesting or shot in an engaging or dynamic way.But in a weird way, it was amusing enough seeing Dolph try so hard to make this good that even though he mostly failed, I somehow still kinda enjoyed watching it.

joshivinay The concept of the movie is good whatever happens to girls who are forced in human trafficking is Horrible and Inhumane for sure... Being said that the movie couldn't have gone any more horribly wrong. From direction to screen play got lots of holes and don't get me started on the acting. Even a 5 year old acting in a school play could've acted way better than (Dolph and Tony) the Lead actors and the accent of the foreign Asian characters is "super Racist " Nobody Talks like that. Some Running scene in which Dolph has to run to chase you could see he is so old that he couldn't even run Some people wrote " Excellent Action Movie" those guys don't know what a "Good Action" movie is. Only good thing is the villain and the hot female lead(with terrible accent) P.S. Pass this Movie. Watch something else

charleskung Skin Trade is truly the definition of an 80's - 90's cop-flick. It had a very concurrent and relevant underlying theme in regards to today's global issues, which the title pretty much gives away. Though I feel the core audience of this film is not the right crowd to appeal to, I think many of us can still appreciate that the issues raised in Skin Trade are very real and indeed, serious.Now, there are plenty of reviews talking about the filmography, plot holes and loose ends, so I will not spend more time repeating similar comments. I know myself and many others watched this film for one reason and one reason only-- Tony Jaa, so that's all I'm going to talk about.Deep down, we appreciate Tony for the raw beauty of his form. His debut in Ong Bak was breathtaking because of his dedication to achieve perfection with zero post processing, zero stunt-men, and zero in- film cuts. Whereas Ong Bok's filming technique and equipment was extremely outdated, its simplicity in fact complimented Tony's ability to deliver satisfying blows with full shots of every movement. This was even better demonstrated in Tom Yum Goong. Albeit the plot was nothing short of pathetic, Tom Yum Goong had a nearly four minute long uncut fighting scene where Tony ripped through an army of henchmen and obstacles with zero tolerance for mistake.For true martial arts fans, the above is undeniably what Tony is all about. And in his recent films, Skin Trade especially, fans were completely denied of this satisfaction. Aside from the overwhelming dependence on firearms and explosions, there is an absolute lack of fist fights. The positive reviews out there boasting this film's "bare fist violence" are nothing short of blatant lies.Regarding the brief and bland fights that apparently pleased many, here's a more accurate depiction. The choreography looked amateur, the fights lacked creativity, and worst of all, the shots were abysmal!! Throughout the entire film, there was not a single movement, strike, kick, jump, or flip that did not look like it was filmed and cut by some kid in his first year of film school. We know what Tony is capable of, yet the film managed to make EVERY, SINGLE, ONE, of his moves look like it was stitched together by 5 different shots of 5 different stunt-men. It was pathetic. I know Ong Bak was 12 years ago and all, and Tony has aged plenty since, but this is simply unacceptable!To those who claim this is a true "Tony film" and found it satisfying, I feel like we watched a completely different movie altogether. I've watched all of Tony's early works multiple times and powered through his more recent works at least once. Skin Trade is by far the worst possible representation of Tony Jaa.

alindsay-al I am a fan of action movies and this film has some star power in it so I thought I would give it a go. The premise of this film sees a star cop take down a Russian mobster but after losing everything he has to get revenge. Dolph lundgren has done some good films in the past and he is alright in this film. He is pretty good in the action scenes in this film but I felt like his character wasn't developed much in this film. He was the grade b Bryan mills from taken because his relationship with his family wasn't explored so you didn't care about what he was doing. There is an Asian cop that he teams up with and he was really good in the action scenes even though his character development wasn't great. Michael jai white was decent in the film, especially in the action scenes. Now I like the show arrow which has Celina jade in it but she was completely pointless in this film and didn't add anything. But by far the worst performance in this film is ron perlman as the villain. He has a stupid Russian accent and actually disappears in this movie for about an hour and you actually forget about him. The story is a simple revenge film but it just doesn't work. You don't know enough about the characters to care about the situation. Also the actual premise of the film on the IMDb page is literally only the last 20 minutes of this movie and this film sequel bates really really badly. The script is not good with cringeworthy dialogue that really doesn't help the characters at all. The style of the action scenes is pretty great to be honest for the majority of the movie. However, the final confrontation between lundgren and perlman is a shaky cam fest and slow motion that if is impossible to tell what is happening. Overall this is a bad movie that isn't worth a watch.