Poptart_Psycho There was controversy over this movie, not for the storyline but for the fact of if its real its claimed to be based on real life events but trying to do research comes up with dead ends. Regardless of this the film was well executed.Jamie Chung plays Jae a young Korean-American in New Mexico in 1994. She obtains a fake ID for a night out with her friend. At the club she meets a handsome man who appears to be in uniform. Feeling safe she leaves with him but within minutes is abducted. Woken up in a warehouse full of beds and separate rooms in what looks to be a well looked after establishment but turns out to be a forced prostitution ring. Lead by a volatile crystal meth addict Vaughn the women are forced to go to bars, clubs and houses to work. A year has passed Jae is now called Eden and has realised the only way to escape is work with them. And of course perseverance pays off Eden is lucky and the final scene captures the movie of a phone call to her mother An underrated film on a very troubled issue in todays society

William J. Fickling This is a searing expose of sexual slavery that had an impact on me like a punch in the stomach, and I mean that to be a positive comment. It rang true from beginning to end, with flawless performances from nearly all the cast. Why it hasn't reached a wider audience and received the acclaim it deserves can probably be explained by its grim subject matter, which I imagine most people would prefer to avoid even thinking about. And I really don't care if the story of the real life person that the main character of this film is based on has holes in it; the film itself rings true.That having been said, I must add that the film is puzzling in many ways. The place where the sex slaves are kept appears to be in the Nevada desert, not too far from Las Vegas. In fact, they sometimes go into Las Vegas. But prostitution is legal in Nevada, and there is an abundance of legal brothels throughout the state. So why would the sex traffickers need to run an illegal operation and face kidnapping and murder charges? The film would have made more sense if it had been set in another state. Moreover, I wish the film had gone into more detail about the financing and control of the operation, because it is apparently part of an international operation--near the end of the film, just before the protagonist escapes, it is revealed that they are planning to move the entire operation to Dubai.In spite of these reservations, it remains a powerful and gripping film. Highly recommended.

Prismark10 This is a competent women in prison and in peril type of film with a wrapper of being based on true events. However the truth is questionable as the story involves a high ranking police official running an extensive, underground network of sex slaves who is killed. Well I am sure the TV news stations would be all over this story in the 1990s yet I have heard or seen nothing.The film is about a Korean-American Chong Kim, a 19 year old student on a night out is drugged, kidnapped and sold into sex slavery. She manages to survive, gain the trust of one of her abductors and manages to escape.The film is well made, competently acted, lurid and disturbing enough. At times equally gripping as well silly. However the tag line of the story being true overpowers the film as you see events unfold. We live in a 24 hours multi channel television world and no one has uncovered the truth which makes me doubt the veracity of this movie.

KineticSeoul It's just utterly terrible how the underage girls gets kidnapped and forced into prostitution. Like how it's shown in this movie and how it also happens in real life. The kidnappers and the people running the business and is part of it is just downright vile and isn't something you can even call human beings. Even the clients are twisted and have messed up mentality going. But the thing is this movie just isn't heart-wrenching or hits the core as I thought it would. Maybe it's because of the direction and the way the story is told, it just didn't have that emotional impact that hits you in the heart or gut. Like movies such a "Bad Guy" 2001 or "Compliance" 2012 did. Although it's based on the true story about a person name Chong Kim, the direction it takes, loses it's impact and just isn't haunting or anything like that. Like I said it must have been a horrifying experience to go through and get their innocence taken away by these ruthless scums that are portrayed in the movie. But as an audience besides feeling bad for the victims it just didn't have the momentum it needed and just didn't stick. This movie as a whole seemed like it's missing a lot of bits and pieces that needed to be there for it to deliver but it just doesn't. It's a shame a story like Chong Kim is shown through a movie that doesn't capture the emotions because it just seemed to lack many parts. It does give somewhat of a hope in life, and how it can still go on. But when it comes down to it, it's still one of those movies that starts off attention grabbing but falter as it progresses.6/10