Traded

The girl who acted as spokesperson for the other girls (about half way through) then got her head blown off was so pretty and a cute little actress. I forgot to mention that she is my lovely daughter.

Minor spoiler alert: I suppose the title gives away the connection to "Taken" but I didn't think of that until I saw it. The movie does OK at setting the backstory, why the events take place. But there are some things that are hard to believe; for example the "procurer" at a small-town train station. It works in Paris in "Taken", not very believable here. They fill in the backstory but never explain how the girl is persuaded into the situation once she buys a train ticket. Also, there seem to be so many people involved in the crime that it almost amounts to a state referendum (apologies to Wm F Buckley Jr.). It's watchable, but has more coincidences that require suspension of disbelief than I'd like. And these towns did have sheriffs, but you wouldn't know it from this movie.

This is like if Taken was a western so it already has a good strong premise. The acting was much better than you would think and the setting was done very well. I thought everything flowed really well. I could see Clint Eastwood liking this movie. Surprised to see the low reviews but everyone on Amazon is either a troll or expects every movie to be Shawshank Redemption and there is no middle ground. This is a SOLID western and worth a watch with action the entire way.

For most Americans over the age of forty, who grew up watching Westerns that featured the likes of John Wayne, Burt Lancaster, Jack Palance, Alan Ladd, Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, and so many others of their caliber, who brought the Wild West to life, these same movie-going veterans damn well know what makes a Western good, and-or great.They also know when one comes galloping along that turns out to be a real stinker. TRADED is one of the latter. A real stinker, and only a skunk of the highest order would assign more than two stars by way of a friendly review.The Director, and perhaps even the writer, must have doled out a good many favors to lasso so many pseudo reviews; reviews that garnered four and five stars. Shameful, the things people are willing to do for a buck, or two, or a misguided sense of loyalty, or for whatever motivates them to bend the truth like a strand of saltwater taffy wound around a maypole at a county fair.So what does a Western need to be a good or great film? No one has an exegesis on truth; however, veteran moviegoers, referenced supra, will, I believe, be in agreement when they say it all starts with a good, or even better, a GREAT story that can stand on its own, owing nothing to stories that preceded it, no matter the genre.Heavy is the responsibility placed on the shoulders of the writer since it all starts with his or her script. Assuming the writer has made his or her script the very best it can be, after polishing same 'til their eyes bleed from the number of rewrites they did to get it perfect, the responsibility shifts to a Director, and the to all the others whose combined movie-making expertise completes the writer's vision...or not.In TRADED, the Director failed--miserably. It's as if he was intimidated to direct Michael Pare, and the other name actors due to the cache they brought to the set. Which brings us to "sets." Every damn one of them was prettified and hardly reflected life on the old frontier.Another thing, the writer never should have cast his story to unfold in Dodge City, circa 1885. What was portrayed as Dodge City, without thousands of cattle, mind you, and without extras in grubby (worn) costumes, instead of strutting about as though they'd all just come from the drycleaner's, would have helped, but there are certain liberties one shouldn't take, especially with a Western, one deserving of the name, that is, and still ask knowledgeable movie goers to suspend their willingness to suspend credulity.And the scene with the white rat? WTF!? Where in Dodge would you find a white rat to eat its way through a man's innards? Somebody's pet rat got used in lieu of a down-and-dirty furry black rat that could outrun Dodge City cats and that misstep is totally on the Prop Master, or the pet store.Having Kris Kristopherson appear out of nowhere at the end of the movie reeks of a Deux et Machina, an "act of God." How are we suppose to take that kind of ending seriously? Except to thank god that the film finally ended?The Answer? No more seriously than we should take Tom Sizemore's fake handlebar mustache. Ol' Tom couldn't help himself, I guess, and seemed on the verge of laughing every damn minute the camera was on him, like maybe he was all the time thinking of Heidi what's her name. The Director sure didn't set Tom right. Sizemore's vaudevillian performance made the film laughable, almost a parody.I feel for the writer, who sweated bullets getting his story, "his child," finished, regardless of its similarity to TAKEN. Who knows? Perhaps, when some money materialized to make it, it seemed too good to pass up but a good many corners were cut. It shows throughout.Reflected by the constraints of a thread-bare budget, those who took the torch from the writer's hand failed miserably to deliver it to the altar.I'm not a friend of Mark, or of the Director, or any of the others involved, so I can speak my truth without feeling compromised by a false sense of loyalty, or a desire to generate revenue. TRADED is a one-star affair folks,

Great casting in a western that never lags about a problem we still have with us- human trafficking. It will show how far a parent would go to save his child, even if it means he could die in the process. A lot of really intense emotion from Pare, why he never was an A lister was beyond me because of his versatility. Its great to see Kris Kristofferson - he was 80 when this was made,Tom Siezmore, and Trace Adkins. Movie was meant for a wide screen. I haven't watched this movie in a year and I forgot how intense it was.

I thoroughly enjoyed watching this movie, but then again, I'm someone who watches a movie purely from an entertainment standpoint. The story was interesting, fast paced, kept one's interest. I rented the movie but will definitely be buying it so that I can watch it over. There are some bad reviews about this movie but everyone's taste is different, just depends on what you like. But, for me, I'm glad I took the chance and watched it and not pay attention to the bad reviews.

Kris Kristofferson gave a stellar performance. Trace Adkins and the rest of the cast were also very good. The dialogue was a little weak, but overall a very entertaining western.

Traded was an okay movie. I love westerns but this seemed to be kind of forced acting in some ways. It was like they tried to get famous 'names' to make it. It was kind of slow. I did watch it to the end and didn't feel cheated but also didn't feel like it was the best movie ever. Just really not enough back story or character development story.

Quite a good film about a man who has to track down his his daughter when she is kidnapped and sold to a brothel.

American dvd will not play

One of the worst movvies ever, terrible acting and directing. Any positive reviews must have come from people involved in this movie or a friend of someone involved in this movie. Save your money, Kris Kristofferson name is listed as one of the feature actors on the movie but he is barely in the movie and way past his prime, which is sad to see him like this in this movie because I really like this actor. Too many flaws to mention in this movie.

Arrived early great price

Great movie, loved Kris Kristofferson. He's a classic cowboy.