Mjeteconer Just perfect...

Marketic It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

mraculeated The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

Myron Clemons A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

Robert J. Maxwell It's a gripping, uncompromising story of the kidnapping, brutalizing, smuggling, and sale of young women and boys, from Mexico into the United States. It's hard to tear yourself away from the screen for fear you'll miss what degradation comes next for the two kidnapees from Mexico City that the story follows -- Alicja Bachleda, a strikingly beautiful young woman, and Paulina Gaitan, a scared thirteen-year-old girl. The latter is the sister of Cesar Ramos, a tough urban teenager. Ramos hooks up with Kevin Kline, whose own daughter disappeared, possibly kidnapped, years ago.The kidnappers' idea is to get the two girls to New Jersey in time for an internet auction at which sex slaves are sold to the highest bidder. Meanwhile, along the highways, the girls are rented out at isolated spots to pervs who use them for as long as it takes to boil an egg. Going rate -- eighty dollars. Gaitan, however, is a virgin and they want to keep her that way because she'll bring a higher price in the Garden State. She is rented out too, but I guess remains what high schoolers call a technical virgin.Kline, a cop, and the vengeful Ramos are in pursuit, not knowing exactly what they're looking for until the contrived ending. The two begin by hating each other but wind up fast friends, naturally. The narrative demands it. The acting is marvelous on the part of just about all the principles. Kevin Kline's performance may be the weakest. He seems almost too tired to be bothered with the role, but maybe resignation is what the role calls for.Best performance -- envelope, please -- the madam who keeps half a dozen young girls locked away in the basement. She's always smiling but, my God, she looks evil. Her high cheekbones and her eyes at their alarming dihedral lend her a resemblance to Morticia Adams, but more -- reptilian. And she delivers delightfully, demanding that Kline, in order to prove he's not a cop, consummate his perverse lust for the thirteen-year old on the spot -- "And I want to see blood on the sheets". I can't find her among the credits -- maybe it's Kathleen Gati but I'm not at all sure.There is no nudity and no simulated intercourse, only the suggestion of them. The story itself is powerful enough to carry the message. But, then, what IS the message? The epilogue claims definitively that the CIA estimates that between 50,000 and 100,000 people are kidnapped and smuggled into the United States, like these two girls. But as far as I can determine, the CIA has made no such estimate. The best the CIA has been able to come up with is 45,000 to 50,000, and not all of them are kidnapped for sexual purposes. The fact is that it's extremely difficult to make a good guess because the data just aren't there.In the 1930s they made innumerable movies about "social problems" like "gangsterism." J. Edgar Hoover warned all of us to be on the lookout for spreading gangsterism in 1950. Or the problem might be reefers or gambling. The drama in this film is tumultuous but maybe what's called for is a dispassionate and reasoned approach. What this film does -- and does very well -- is contribute to the "mean world hypothesis" in which we believe we must live surrounded by scoundrels, enemies, murderers, and sex traffickers. The world isn't really "mean". It's just indifferent.

noahbugg The movie Trade was very eye opening. I believe this movie would get everybody's attention because of the fact that it has to do with a girl who gets trafficked and her brother has to go out and try to save her. The acting in this movie was mediocre. A lot of the movie was very good, but some parts made you think to yourself, "Why didn't they do this, or What did I just watch?" None of the actors in this Film was well known or "big'' actors beside Kevin Kline (Ray) who is the cop who helps Jorge (Cesar Ramos) in the movie, but they did a good job for what they are. I have always liked movies that are about someone saving someone else, because of the fact that it shows courage and that people still care in this world today. This movie is rated R for cursing and other things that are included, but honestly I would suggest this to anyone 10 and up just for the fact that they need to realize that the things that happen in this movie are based on things that happen and are real in the world today. The directing and dialogue in this film are very good and well thought of, and this movie has a lot of action, keeping the viewers glued to the screen. So overall I'm going to give this action packed movie a good 7/10.

rhyanlanham-64578 The movie Trade was a graphic but real life movie. Every scene in this movie was acted with lots of enthusiasm and was how real life experiences have happened. The movie is about trading human beings, and in this movie it's about a thirteen year old Mexican girl who is kidnapped to auction off her virginity. Girls and boys around the world have been taken from their families just like the two main girl characters in the movie. Although there would be some things I would change and I thought were a little odd, I really liked the way the movie was produced and the way things ended up. Jorge (Cesar Ramos) the older brother to the 13 year old, Adriana (Paulina Gaita), bought his sister a bike for her birthday. She was kidnapped by a group of international sex traffickers. This part in the movie is very realistic because after reading and talking about it in class people do just get taken off the streets everyday. While this is going on a polish woman named Veronika (Alicja Bachleda-Curu) is coming to Mexico City promised a job as a model. Also, this goes along with being very realistic because men and women go to Mexico and to the US promised with work to send money back to their families. After taken both girls meet and quickly become friends and look after each other. When Jorge finds out about his sister being kidnapped he starts out to find her. He tracks down the truck the girls are on and follows them to a building. Now this part of the movie is a little ironic because Jorge just happened to be in the right place at the right time in the big city of Mexico City. At the building he meets a Texas investigator named Ray Sheridan ( Kevin Kline) who is looking for his missing daughter. Jorge hides himself in Ray's car to get a ride to the USA to follow his sister. That part of the movie was a little unexpected but is also very realistic because men and women get taken over the border illegally every day. Ray eventually finds Jorge in the trunk they get into it a little about taking Jorge back to Mexico City. Ray is convinced to help Jorge get to New Jersey to find his little sister. Which is also a little ironic because Ray just happens to be looking for his daughter. In conclusion I think that this is a very powerful movie. It takes a lot of courage to share a story like this with the world.

williamjewell-94205 Movie SummaryI recently saw the movie Trade, and I thought this movie was pretty good. It shows people what is happening in the this world today with all the human trafficking. This movie has great actors who made the movie very believable. Jorge ( Cesar Ramos) plays as a young boy who is looking for his sister in Mexico was kidnapped by human traffickers. Ray Sheridan (Kevin Kline) plays as a protective cop that is also looking for someone close in Mexico, then stumbles on Ramos and they both gang up to find the young boy's sister. They travel all over the place in Mexico and in America to try to find the young girl named Adriana ( Paulina Gaitán). They found a lot of clues that helped them with their mission of finding the people who kidnapped the young boy's (Cesar Ramos) sister Adriana so they can bring her back home. This movie turns out to be an eye opener into the human trafficking trade. The things I didn't like about the movie was the language. I don't mind the language, because of the young kids they may watch this. The part about this movie that I didn't understand was why didn't the detective, Ray Sheridan finish looking for what he was looking for at the beginning of the movie? Overall that's the two things I didn't like or understand about this movie. The rest of the movie was great. This was probably not one of the best movies I've seen in awhile.