Year: 2012
Duration: 01:34:00
Directed by: Megan Griffiths
Actors: Jamie Chung, Beau Bridges and Scott Mechlowicz
Language: English
Country: USA
Also known as: Edem
Description: Eden is the story a young
korean girl who was kidnaped by white slave traders and placed in local
brothel, to work as a hooker. But she doesn't loose a hope to get out
from this hell. Starring Beau Bridges who also played in other movies.
On one hand this is a socially conscious stab at exposing human
trafficking, on the other it’s glossy exploitation. Either way, it’s
based on a (substantiated) true story. Jamie Cheung certainly looks the
part as the abducted title character - young , beautiful and naive. She
meets a friendly stranger in a bar, who has more on his mind than
drinks. He bundles her into a car and pretty soon she’s trussed up in
bondage gear watching her friend get whipped. There’s a problem of
transition here: one minute she’s the young innocent and the next she’s
giving her client some Chinese trash talk (“What would you like me to do
for you honey?) seemingly without going through the process of being
fucked. There is a never any sign of the traumatic experience she mush
have gone through, leaving a gaping plot hole which is never adequately
filled. Credibility aside, this is a well made film with solid acting
especially from Cheung who looks stunning throughout her ordeal. In
short, anyone looking for social realism would be better off with a
documentary on the subject, to exploitation fans, it’s a bit of a tease.
In you are in the middle, then this is the film for you.
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