Sadly but true, this stuff is really happening in the world all the time. Absolutely nothing makes it good or right though.
Action movies like this will always have their, mostly male and indiscriminate audience satisfied with endless shoot-outs, explosions, beat-downs and big guns and knives. Exactly what I expect from a good action movie.
Most definitely a guy's movie. It has a very nice retro feel to it.
"Skin Traffik" one of those successful British efforts to do a classic Hollywood-style hunt-'em-down and beat-'em-up, comes from respectable producer and director Ara Paiaya, whose home-grown,low-budget action thriller "The Suppressor" which essentially was a lively little collection of fight scenes and stunts. In trying to broaden the scale to interest a big American / Worldwide audience with an all star cast "Skin Traffik" has been very convincing in doing so.
Bradley (Daniels) was a hitman, but he gave it all up. But a chance meeting on the streets of London with a prostitute named Anna Peel (Swain) slowly embroils him in the danger of the underworld once again.
I should admit that I'm no fan of all of modern independent productions I've been burned too many times by watching too many truly awful movies to have any affection for the genre. However, I was pleasantly surprised by the rip-roaring SKIN TRAFFIK, which makes up for in heart what it lacks in budget.
A fast paced, stylish and ultra-violent extravaganza that provides the stars with a much-needed infusion of cool featuring hard-core action and an amazing cast list of A list stars. There are enough pleasures going on in Skin Traffik to elevate it above just another dumb action movie.
Ara Paiaya is a veteran of low-budget filmmaking who's even achieved some underground acclaim with his DUBBED AND DANGEROUS series. He breaks into the slightly more mainstream arena of action cinema with SKIN TRAFFIK – a vehicle for Gary Daniels that addresses the very real problem of sex trafficking.
The promo looked good. In the first 10 minutes i knew i wasted my money.
