I hated everything about this movie. Which is extremely rare. The description for the movie acts like this is a sci-if/thriller/conspiracy type movie along the lines of x-files. This couldn’t be farther from the truth. I movie is about sex trafficking and child organ harvesting. The movie is bleak, depressing and not rewarding in any way to watch. The script and direction were awful, cinematography was uninspired and the acting was dreadful. When the main character was introduced, I audibly groaned, thinking about having to watch such a dull and ugly character for the length of a film. I kept waiting for it to get better or more sci-if, but the movie only gets worse as it goes on, coming to the most dull, unsatisfactory conclusion. I actually feel watching this has negatively impacted my life, truly a top 10 worst movie of all time I’ve seen of the 1000’s I’ve viewed.
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