Traffik (2018)

Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

Let's be realistic.

an ambitious but ultimately ineffective debut endeavor.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

I liked Omar Epps in House, and enjoyed him in this movie. There was definitely some 'weak' acting moments (not that I could do better), and some implausible situations/decisions, it wasn't a total waste of 1.5hrs. I wouldn't watch it again, but wasn't angry I had, when it was over.

I'm so tired of so called thrillers that use stupidty as the driving engine. You reach a point of ridiculousness where you get fed up and start rooting for the villains. Like how long can you stand there after you see someone get shot in the head? Or even better why would you try to go back and negotiate with said shooter? Why would you try to "rescue" someone when you don't know their level of involvement in something as serious as this? When there's who knows how many people after you, why do you spend 10 minutes crying and sliding on an engagement ring? An old car that...you guessed it...stalls when you try to start it? Really?! Not cliche at all. Four stars is being very generous.

Several technical issues really held back the overall movie for me.The overall story is just OK, pretty standard as far as this type of movie goes. The big "twist" in the third act was something I was able to predict all the way back at the gas station.For me it was some of the technical issues that i had a hard time with. The bad guys were able to track a phone just by calling it. If they'd said there was a tracking app on it that would have made a lot more sense and been a lot more plausible in the modern world.When Brea tries to upload the photos it's stopped by the monitor getting shot, which wouldn't have stopped anything other than her interaction with the PC. The photos would have still uploaded just fine. They actually could have made this into a plot point, have everyone die and have no hope, but the pictures still got through, but nope.John getting killed by the shotgun blast was a bit off too. Where the gun was aimed when it went off would have taken a chunk of flesh off, not hit his whole abdomen with pellets, he almost certainly would have survived that shot, or at least lived for hours beyond getting shot.I know I'm being pedantic and complaining about things that I shouldn't think about,but it's lazy writing that the film makers hope will just be overlooked by the audience.

This is the kind of movies that when they finish you'll say "That's it?"...horrible acting without a real plot, and totally predicted, just like every movie created before of this genre. The only fun thing about it is that most of your predictions will come true.