Name: Traffik
Genre: Thriller
Released: April 20, 2018
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 37
Cast: Claude Duhamel, Dawn Olivieri, Laz Alonso, Lisa Hitchcock Kallstrom, Lorin McCraley

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Critic Reviews

Gary Goldstein

Apr 20, 2018

An effective weekend-from-hell thriller with a vital message, a terrific lead performance by Paula Patton and some unexpectedly dimensional storytelling from writer-director Deon Taylor ("Meet the Blacks"). Read full review

Todd Gilchrist

Apr 20, 2018

It’s kind of hard to know where to begin with what’s wrong in Traffik, a movie where every scene takes about twice as long as it feels like it should, and the characters far too often make an escalating series of implausible and/or stupid decisions. Read full review

Jesse Hassenger

Apr 20, 2018

Trying to figure it out makes Traffik weirdly compelling, but nowhere near good. Read full review

Andrew Barker

Apr 20, 2018

Noble intentions are derailed by deeply confused execution in writer-director Deon Taylor’s Traffik, which attempts to marry cheap genre thrills with an unflinching depiction of the horrors of international sex trafficking, only to cheapen the latter and cast a grimy pall over the former. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Apr 20, 2018

Traffik isn’t a very good thriller, and if you aren’t two or three steps ahead of it, much of the time, you need more practice. Read full review

Chuck Bowen

Apr 20, 2018

Deon Taylor seems uncomfortable with the escalating relentlessness of a siege film, eventually splitting Traffik off into a variety of other tangents and genres, diluting the potent subtext at the film's center. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Odie Henderson

Apr 20, 2018

Traffik begins with that classic cinematic lie “inspired by true events” and ends with statistics for women who have been victims of human trafficking. Between these two bookends is a steaming pile of exploitative horse manure masquerading as a feature concerned with the sexual enslavement of women. Read full review

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Nickytaytay

Apr 20, 2018

Traffik is a powerful film that details the billion dollar industry of sex trafficking. The film should spark meaningful discussions for people who take the time to see it. While highlighting this global issue Traffik also delivers the base criteria for a film which is being something thatTraffik is a powerful film that details the billion dollar industry of sex trafficking. The film should spark meaningful discussions for people who take the time to see it. While highlighting this global issue Traffik also delivers the base criteria for a film which is being something that is entertaining. Powerful, compelling, and intense Traffik is something that will pleasantly surprise many people if they first can find themselves attempting to watch the movie.… Expand

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Tybalt

Aug 28, 2019

Bland thriller that doesn't know how to be both a message film and deliver exploitative thrills. So it instead mutes both elements leaving a film that is only intermittenly interesting. The cast tries its best and Paula Patton is terrific. But the film takes disturbing subject matter andBland thriller that doesn't know how to be both a message film and deliver exploitative thrills. So it instead mutes both elements leaving a film that is only intermittenly interesting. The cast tries its best and Paula Patton is terrific. But the film takes disturbing subject matter and mutes the message in an attempt to have it appeal to a mainstream audience. A film that is too tame for its own good.… Expand

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Bizzylorenzo70

Jul 19, 2018

Maintains some tension, but it's just a mediocre film, unfortunately. It does highlight, though, a most important issue, that of the global human traffiking of women, and those in positions of power who choose to look the other way or even share in the profiteering.

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Downcore

Apr 14, 2019

Believe the low raters, it's rubbish.
I don't understand how a movie like this even gets on the market! I am not gonna write a extended critic, it isn't worth it, and other people already made the effort explaining why in extend. I must admire that, cool seeing the community fighting backBelieve the low raters, it's rubbish.
I don't understand how a movie like this even gets on the market! I am not gonna write a extended critic, it isn't worth it, and other people already made the effort explaining why in extend. I must admire that, cool seeing the community fighting back against manipulated ratings!… Expand

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Naruto78909

Apr 29, 2018

This is what you expect from lionsgate people expected the next citizen Kane or Shawshank redemption nope traffik is another excuse by lionsgate it is just a generic kidnap movie and of course its lionsgate quality so its very bad

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