King's Man

For starters: someone (obviously attached to the project) said this was a great movie for children. Let me state that NO, IT IS NOT. This is a movie about human trafficking! A lot of gun violence as well as images of dead and abused children. It is mainly about 3 preteen girls who are abducted, but it is not for children. Ok, review: The script is okay and is shot on mediocre equipment. The acting of every adult is subpar with a few exceptions, Doua Moua who plays a man in drag (oddly enough he goes on to play one of the three characters that dress in drag in Mulan), and Casper, the captor/guard of the girls, played by John Lee Brody (Star Trek: Into the Darkness). The three girls did a decent job as well. The worst of them (character-wise and acting-wise) was the wannabe Rambo paster, the "hero" character named David played by Jose Rosete. The character was unconvincing and hard to take seriously. And his acting was laughable when it wasn't cringeworthy. Overall watchable if you can't find anything else on Amazon Prime.

I thought King's Man was an excellent independent film production. I was able to watch it uninterrupted and was gripped by it's message. Though faintly similar to Taken this film captures the terror that must be felt by kidnapped victims and highlights how truly difficult it is to rescue someone who has been kipnapped. The imagery was rich the acting was great especially Jose Rosette. The locations throughout Arizona reminded me a bit of the Cohen film Raising Arizona the mountains, locals could not have been better. The set design was a bit lacking but the camera work and directing was first rate reminded me of a Michael Bay film with quick cuts and attention to detail. They could not have done more to highlight the terror but still I would rate this film a solid ten and recommend it to anyone. I found the part from Doua Moa of Gran Turino especially enjoyable.

Most movies avoid unpleasant subjects especially when they involve harm to children. However, it cannot be denied that children are kidnapped and forced into sex-trafficking. In this film the kidnappers are not the heroes. An unlikely group of people come together and ask God for help in getting the children back. It may seem unrealistic in this modern world but this film proves that love, courage, bravery really do work.

It is nice to see a company making films with so many child actors. It is also nice to see that the kids are given equal lines to the adults and not just treated as accessories. King's Man is a gripping story of kidnappers leading to sex slavery. As this crime has grown to rates out of proportion it is nice to see it dealt with is such an excellent way. Doua Moa is now the star of Disney's Mulan movie and you can see by his acting here why he was chosen. He is spot on in his portrayal as the cross dressing Madam and is enjoyable to watch as he was in Clint Eastwood's Gran Turino.

With Sex Trafficking one of the fastest growing crimes it is nice to see a film that deals with the subject in both a riveting and exciting way. This film features Doua Moa from Gran Turino and Mulan and is quite the production.

An international film done by an independent company. Hats off to Boat Angel for the wonderful job and to director Brenton Covington.