I don't even know why I finished watching this movie. It has so many "bad movie" red flags.
The opening is a "confession" from the main character, James, describing how bad of a person he is for basically being a widower coping with grief which causes him to lose custody of his daughter.
On his journey to figure his life out, he takes a good paying hauling job on the condition he doesn't open the truck and never asks what the cargo is. During the drive, James discovers the cargo is two girls from Mexico being trafficked to pay a family debt.
At this point a person with any sense would realize he's in the middle of a human trafficking operation and go to the authorities.
No, not James. He continues on and delivers the girls to the pimp in the parking lot of a motel,despite realizing he's suddenly in love with the older sister.
After taking the money, he miraculously develops a conscience, just not before the girl he's fallen for is tricked out.
However once again, our "hero" doesn't go to the authorities. Instead he goes to the motel owner for help.
The motel owner tells him he doesn't want to be a part of it, but knows what is going on. He acts as James' priest telling him to listen to the little voice in his head and do the right thing. This is disturbing when you realize the motel owner is complicit not only to the trafficking happening in his parking lot daily, but also because his own daughter was trafficked years before. But we learn that later... Meanwhile James goes to the sheriff, who we later learn is part of it all. Predictably convenient.
When the pimp and the sheriff come looking for James after his first attempt to rescue the girls, the motel owner suddenly wants to get involved. I suppose the motel owner finally heard the voice to stop being complicit in sex trafficking of teenagers? Or maybe just didn't think James could handle it solo?
Our hero and the motel owner concoct a scheme to get the girls back and take down the pimp, but motel guy becomes a casualty.
James the Hero decides that it is now his life's work to save other girls from this fate. He marries the girl who he rescues and the two start a mission to rescue prostitutes and show them that they are "priceless" and not for sale because god has decided their worth. And they all live happily ever after at some mountain compound that James can now suddenly afford within a year of taking "don't ask" hauling jobs?
The movie has so many heinous flaws. It suffers plot holes, bad writing, bad acting, poor chemistry, ethnic stereotyping and a gross oversimplification of the atrocities of human trafficking that not even its preachy, Repent and be saved message can save it.
Also, it is obvious the writer and director is related to the hero because of the multiple references (even by the evil pimp) to how handsome our hero is.
I want that time back in my life.
The opening is a "confession" from the main character, James, describing how bad of a person he is for basically being a widower coping with grief which causes him to lose custody of his daughter.
On his journey to figure his life out, he takes a good paying hauling job on the condition he doesn't open the truck and never asks what the cargo is. During the drive, James discovers the cargo is two girls from Mexico being trafficked to pay a family debt.
At this point a person with any sense would realize he's in the middle of a human trafficking operation and go to the authorities.
No, not James. He continues on and delivers the girls to the pimp in the parking lot of a motel,despite realizing he's suddenly in love with the older sister.
After taking the money, he miraculously develops a conscience, just not before the girl he's fallen for is tricked out.
However once again, our "hero" doesn't go to the authorities. Instead he goes to the motel owner for help.
The motel owner tells him he doesn't want to be a part of it, but knows what is going on. He acts as James' priest telling him to listen to the little voice in his head and do the right thing. This is disturbing when you realize the motel owner is complicit not only to the trafficking happening in his parking lot daily, but also because his own daughter was trafficked years before. But we learn that later... Meanwhile James goes to the sheriff, who we later learn is part of it all. Predictably convenient.
When the pimp and the sheriff come looking for James after his first attempt to rescue the girls, the motel owner suddenly wants to get involved. I suppose the motel owner finally heard the voice to stop being complicit in sex trafficking of teenagers? Or maybe just didn't think James could handle it solo?
Our hero and the motel owner concoct a scheme to get the girls back and take down the pimp, but motel guy becomes a casualty.
James the Hero decides that it is now his life's work to save other girls from this fate. He marries the girl who he rescues and the two start a mission to rescue prostitutes and show them that they are "priceless" and not for sale because god has decided their worth. And they all live happily ever after at some mountain compound that James can now suddenly afford within a year of taking "don't ask" hauling jobs?
The movie has so many heinous flaws. It suffers plot holes, bad writing, bad acting, poor chemistry, ethnic stereotyping and a gross oversimplification of the atrocities of human trafficking that not even its preachy, Repent and be saved message can save it.
Also, it is obvious the writer and director is related to the hero because of the multiple references (even by the evil pimp) to how handsome our hero is.
I want that time back in my life.