Trade

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Trade

R

2007

1h 59m

Drama

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A Texas cop (Kevin Kline), whose own daughter might have been forced into sexual slavery, joins forces with a Mexican youth (Cesar Ramos) to find the boy's sister, who was abducted and forced into prostitution. Meanwhile, a Ukrainian woman who was promised a better life in America also becomes a victim.

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Critics Consensus

With an exploitative style that seems more suited for TV shows like CSI, Trade's message about the reality of child exploitation is easily lost.

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Anna Smith

Metro Newspaper (UK)

Dec 12, 2008

3/5

Heartfelt and fitfully suspenseful, it's grim, message-led stuff.

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Ian Freer

Empire Magazine

Dec 12, 2008

2/5

If only the whole matched the power and potency of the details. Masquerades as a searing exposé, but turns out to be a lurid and overwrought account.

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James Christopher

The Times (UK)

Dec 12, 2008

2/5

This cockeyed odd-couple road movie is well-intentioned, but it comes perilously close to feeding off the crimes it condemns.

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Nov 28, 2020

8/10

A ruthlessly disturbing yet important film.

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David Lamble

Bay Area Reporter

May 20, 2020

The delightfully boyish queer helmer Marco Kreuzpainter now does a complete switch in theme and tone to tell the story...

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

Nov 9, 2019

Intense, gritty, substantive, compelling, humanizing. Trade begs for Oscar acknowledgment and yours.

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Alain E

@AlainE Jul 3, 2026

Child exploitation is wrong, but still this is a bad movie about an important topic. Multiple details of the plot are impossible. For example Kevin Kline’s character, a cop, left unlocked his vehicle in Mexico so Jorge was able to sneak into the trunk. Then Jorge at the restaurant orders a breakfast and a lunch, just like that. Being Mexican, he is totally stupid and doesn’t know that New Jersey is not close to the border. Very comfortable he tells Kline to turn off the classical music. And so on.

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Kristin R.

@igobykristin Jun 13, 2026

I think in years to come we will be shocked that watching young girls and women being kidnapped and tortured was entertainment. It’s literally 1 out of 10 movies. It’s not entertaining and it’s definitely contributing to the rape, torture and murders of women who find this content titillating.

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Adis M

@RT40619864 Jun 9, 2021

Bad story that tries to entertain but is implausible, but the film has some surprises that make the story unimportant.

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Bernard K

@RT26636704 Jul 10, 2020

Great movie! If true, wow, you't think we're still living in the 17th century. I looked it up online, and up to 100,000 women a year are sold as sex slaves every year in the US. Amazing.

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Oct 18, 2018

This was a very sad movie but this movie had great actors

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Aug 19, 2018

This shows the perfect example of why it's never a good idea for women and children to be out in public or in big cities by themselves without protection and/or being fully aware of what's going on. Kevin (Kline) was amazing in this. I didn't think it would be that good.

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Synopsis

A Texas cop (Kevin Kline), whose own daughter might have been forced into sexual slavery, joins forces with a Mexican youth (Cesar Ramos) to find the boy's sister, who was abducted and forced into prostitution. Meanwhile, a Ukrainian woman who was promised a better life in America also becomes a victim.

Director: Marco Kreuzpaintner
Producer: Roland Emmerich, Rosilyn Heller
Screenwriter: Jose Rivera
Distributor: Roadside Attractions
Production Co: Centropolis Entertainment, VIP 4 Medienfonds, Reelmachine
Rating: R (Involving Minors|Disturbing Sexual Material|Language|Some Drug Content|Violence Including a Rape)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 28, 2007, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 1, 2009
Box Office (Gross USA): $214.2K
Runtime: 1h 59m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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