Skin Trade
Magnet Releasing | Release Date: May 8, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
39
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
5
Negative:
3
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsMay 8, 2015
This movie's makers haven't met a formula cliché that they don't like. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyMay 7, 2015
These fight scenes—and the chases that often precede them—are neither ingenious nor novel, but they’re fun and cleanly shot; the fact that this can be considered a major virtue probably says more about the state of the big-budget action movie than about Skin Trade itself. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesMartin TsaiMay 7, 2015
If bare-knuckle fights are what you seek, director Ekachai Uekrongtham certainly delivers. But the film scarcely scratches the surface of the horrors of human trafficking. Read full review
50
The DissolveScott TobiasMay 6, 2015
Everyone’s there to get the job done, Dolph Lundgren style, meaning Skin Trade is a throwback to the one-man-army actioners of the ’80s, sprinkled with updated stats on human trafficking. If the film happens to raise awareness, then that’s more bonus than objective. Read full review
50
Village VoiceMichael NordineMay 6, 2015
Skin Trade's action is all blood and sinew, but its camerawork and choreography are nothing if not graceful. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckMay 6, 2015
For a film so seemingly interested in educating audiences about the evils of sex trafficking that it provides horrific statistics at the conclusion, it has no compunction about including copious doses of female nudity. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreMay 5, 2015
Skin Trade, a project Lundgren co-wrote and has been trying to film for years, feels so dated and over-familiar that “half-decent” always seems just out of reach. Read full review
30
VarietyNick SchagerMay 16, 2015
Snapping necks and shooting limbs have rarely been carried out in service of such a principled cause — or been executed with such formulaic tedium. Read full review
0
Slant MagazineChuck BowenMay 4, 2015
There's no beauty to this film, little rhythm, none of the physical grace that action-film fans crave even if they don't know they do. Read full review
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