The movie begins with a plausible and gripping premise - a young Asian woman in an immigrant family strays just slightly too far and ends up being a victim by a ruthless kidnapper. After that, however, the plot quickly spirals out of control. So much so, that the suspension of disbelief that is required to sustain the viewer through any drama is quickly lost.
Firstly, there are small details that makes the viewer skeptical - hastily injecting a mystery drug (but allegedly morphine) into the antecubital fossa and the back in more than one scene which causes nearly instantaneous euphoria/sedation. Or, maybe the scene where the protagonist sprays an unknown cleaning spray into a crack pipe which causes death within minutes.
But, more importantly, it's the story in its entirety that causes so much skepticism and thus ruins the experience. This story is presented as being "based on a true story." However, after many hours searching the internet for evidence about the story, one can only find interviews with the person that the move is based on. There are no court records, no stories from reputable news outlets, no corroborating confessional interviews (keep in mind the movie depicts the protagonist as being held in a prison of sorts with dozens of other under-age girls), no information whatsoever to confirm that this hellish story is even loosely based on a true story. In the movie, an esteemed U.S. Marshall is depicted as committing murder and operating a highly organized underage sex-trafficking operation. Furthermore, he himself is murdered by other characters in the story. How could that even loosely be based on a true story, yet there is absolutely no similar story in reality that can be elucidated?
This movie is either based on a story that is very loosely based on a true story, or is completely fabricated. If this movie was sold as a fictional account, it may have been more enjoyable. However, the melodramatic scenes mixed with the implausible details makes it drone on until the anticlimactic ending.
Firstly, there are small details that makes the viewer skeptical - hastily injecting a mystery drug (but allegedly morphine) into the antecubital fossa and the back in more than one scene which causes nearly instantaneous euphoria/sedation. Or, maybe the scene where the protagonist sprays an unknown cleaning spray into a crack pipe which causes death within minutes.
But, more importantly, it's the story in its entirety that causes so much skepticism and thus ruins the experience. This story is presented as being "based on a true story." However, after many hours searching the internet for evidence about the story, one can only find interviews with the person that the move is based on. There are no court records, no stories from reputable news outlets, no corroborating confessional interviews (keep in mind the movie depicts the protagonist as being held in a prison of sorts with dozens of other under-age girls), no information whatsoever to confirm that this hellish story is even loosely based on a true story. In the movie, an esteemed U.S. Marshall is depicted as committing murder and operating a highly organized underage sex-trafficking operation. Furthermore, he himself is murdered by other characters in the story. How could that even loosely be based on a true story, yet there is absolutely no similar story in reality that can be elucidated?
This movie is either based on a story that is very loosely based on a true story, or is completely fabricated. If this movie was sold as a fictional account, it may have been more enjoyable. However, the melodramatic scenes mixed with the implausible details makes it drone on until the anticlimactic ending.