Bleak dark film about the child sex trade in Thailand that is unlikely to see any sort of wide release, I know of no one who has heard of the film outside of the New York Asian Film Festival, which was brave enough to run it.
The film follows a journalist who is investigating the child sex trade. What happens to him and the people he meets is the story.
Unpleasant and upsetting, I would hate to meet the person who wasn't bothered by the film, this is a decidedly feel bad film. In graphically depicting what goes on the film is certain to arouse anger and disgust in the audience, which is good. Though to be perfectly honest why any one would willingly watch this is beyond me (I'm actually shocked that I sat threw it myself.) One shouldn't worry the film never is exploitive, even if it drifts into some investigative journalist clichés at times.
I found the film a long tough haul. I mean that in a good way and a bad one. Its good that the film puts us through the ringer but at the same time I'm not really sure that the film needs to be almost two and a half hours- its almost too much to stand.
Despite the length the film's one real flaw is the ending which kind of cuts down on all that has gone before.
I would say worth a look, but I don't know how many people would actually want to sit through this.
The film follows a journalist who is investigating the child sex trade. What happens to him and the people he meets is the story.
Unpleasant and upsetting, I would hate to meet the person who wasn't bothered by the film, this is a decidedly feel bad film. In graphically depicting what goes on the film is certain to arouse anger and disgust in the audience, which is good. Though to be perfectly honest why any one would willingly watch this is beyond me (I'm actually shocked that I sat threw it myself.) One shouldn't worry the film never is exploitive, even if it drifts into some investigative journalist clichés at times.
I found the film a long tough haul. I mean that in a good way and a bad one. Its good that the film puts us through the ringer but at the same time I'm not really sure that the film needs to be almost two and a half hours- its almost too much to stand.
Despite the length the film's one real flaw is the ending which kind of cuts down on all that has gone before.
I would say worth a look, but I don't know how many people would actually want to sit through this.