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A group of college kids has to pay a price to escape from a ruthless slave trader.
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Jonathan W. Hickman Entertainment Insiders No doubt a metaphor for the handling and abuse of wild animals, or a riff on human trafficking, director Jeremy Benson has made a horror film that will be PETA approved. This blood-soaked saga is one of the better entries in the sagging and tarred dramati Rated: 3/4 Apr 9, 2010 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member sick, sadistic and scary. capturing and selling humans like animals Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Elements of "Taken" (at Crystal Lake), the brutality of "Hostel" and "Saw", with the hopelessness of "Human Centipede".As a true fan of this genre, I thoroughly enjoyed this film. :-). Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member It was one creepy disgusting and bloody flick about human trafficking. it moved along ok and the character development was solid. Good surprises but the ending really sucked. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member Totally illogical once the boy & girl escape. Without giving away anything no one would behave this way after escaping/ Cheap, and not worth your time unless your cable is out- maybe. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member Dull story that only torture-lovers might get a kick from. The characters aren't explained very well. The gore is alright, but the film doesn't get real interesting until the end, which leaves off being rather unsatisfying. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member Just another, twisted, low-budget, Saw-wannabe that isn't even good. PLOT:A group of teens go out partying at the lake and are suddenly ambushed and tranquelized in the night. When they wake up, they find themselves in a stable chained to the wall. As it turns out, an evil livestock baron (John Still) has captured them and is planning on selling them in the human-trafficing business to the white trade, like cattle on a farm. It's an interesting horror plot executed horribly. ACTING:The acting in here was purely mediocre. I could hardly believe anyone's screams or terror. The only actors that I believe did a pretty good job are John Still as the livestock baron and Christian Walker as the main guy character. No, names do not seem to matter that much in here. SCORE:The score was mainly to set the mood, but it was more dramatic, so it wasn't terrible. I liked it a little bit. EFFECTS:They could have paid ME to use better effects than they did in here. Each bit of blood and gore was cheap and over-the-top and NOT in a good way. They made a simple cut look like a rotten burn. The low-budget feel in here is VERY easy to see.. CAMERAWORK:I have two things to say about the camerawork, and they're a bit more constructive. They got some good shots and angles in here, but the camera's own quality was so low everything looked digital and lagged. If you're going to be artistic and attempt to capture some good angles, at least use a camera fit for the job. OTHER CONTENT:This low-budget, indie horror is just another "Saw" mock-up with a different plot to make it seem new. There's hardly anything good about this movie except a couple performances and the plot idea. Besides all I've named, it's also pointless, has no character development whatsoever, steps over the line of horror by killing off a young child, and has just stupidly cheesy twists. This is definitely just a regular, wannabe indie movie. OVERALL,a sucky indie horror with a interesting but horribly-executed plot, mainly mediocre acting, dramatic score, cheaply overdone effects, good shots yet bad camera quality, pointless violence, no character development, a step too far over the line of horror, and stupid twists. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A group of college kids has to pay a price to escape from a ruthless slave trader.
Director
Jeremy Benson
Producer
Jeremy Benson, Mark Williams
Screenwriter
Jeremy Benson, Mark Williams
Production Co
Sixteenth Section Pictures
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 24m
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