Difficult and sometimes frustrating-to-watch film about sex trafficking in Bosnia and Eastern Europe, focusing on a lot of the corruption allowing it to flourish. It was gritty and stomach-churning in parts, though I felt it was still a somewhat sanitized version of horrific events.
Rachel Weisz was fantastic in this role of Nebraska cop-turned UN whistleblower, Kathryn Bolkovac. Benedict Cumberbatch popped in for a few scenes too, and was somewhat under-utilized - though I didn't mind, as his character here was a jerk.
Toronto's City Hall kept drawing me out of the Bosnia setting, due to it being used as the UN headquarters here. I kept half expecting former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford to come barreling around a corner to knock out one of the corrupt UN guys.
This film plays a little like a docudrama and had a very real capacity to be a whistleblower itself. While it doesn't quite reach the heights it perhaps should've, it still highlights the plight of 2.5 million people who are victim of human trafficking around the world.
Rachel Weisz was fantastic in this role of Nebraska cop-turned UN whistleblower, Kathryn Bolkovac. Benedict Cumberbatch popped in for a few scenes too, and was somewhat under-utilized - though I didn't mind, as his character here was a jerk.
Toronto's City Hall kept drawing me out of the Bosnia setting, due to it being used as the UN headquarters here. I kept half expecting former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford to come barreling around a corner to knock out one of the corrupt UN guys.
This film plays a little like a docudrama and had a very real capacity to be a whistleblower itself. While it doesn't quite reach the heights it perhaps should've, it still highlights the plight of 2.5 million people who are victim of human trafficking around the world.