The quick rundown: A tense movie with a tragic story line, not for the faint of heart.
The long rundown: Rachel Weisz plays a divorced mother whose child was in the custody of the father.Although it is never really explained why she doesn't have custody, you are led to believe it has something to do with her loving her job as a police officer? (that makes sense?) Not really an important plot point so moving on. In an effort to make neough money to move to Georgia so she can be closer to her daughter she signs up to work for the UN in Bosnia. She gets there and is quickly promoted because she is so good at her job, yaddie yaddie yadda, she is soon causing trouble. She finds out that sex trafficking is a huge problem and she wants to save all these girls but every one seems to be telling her not to bother.
Without ruining the movie for you, I will just say that she gets herself and the girls she is trying to save into more and more trouble. The whole movie had me upset (mostly because this really does happen and this is really how governments handle it). The move was fairly well done in that respect; it makes you want to help these girls. Story line wise, there were some things I would change (such as the poorly developed love story between Weisz and some Dutch guy whom the whole time you are thinking must be some sketch ball since every other guy in the movie seems to be...) but there are some good plot twists as well that make the movie worth while.
If you like political movies or tense dramas this would be a good pick. If you are looking for a feel good movie, this is definitely not it. Also, if you get squeamish there are certainly some scenes you would have to close your eyes (even when they don't show it, they suggest a lot...)
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