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Dean Cain and Kristy Swanson are big names from my childhood age of nineties movies and TV. This is the first time I can recall seeing either in a movie for many years but they both do a solid job in what is a low budget TV/streaming level movie about the sex trafficking industry. There are a few moments in the film that feel like a stretch for example my understanding is most girls come from abroad or from poor broken homes so they are less likely to be missed rather than from a rich rural family as happens here. Overall it's a watchable movie but nothing outstanding.

More movies on this topic are needed. People need to get educated on this. Now, about the movie.. Unfortunately, it does depict the reality of human trafficking, so that's a plus I guess. But the acting. Wow. It was the worse part of all this.

Well, where shall I begin?! Besides incredible bad acting, script, camera work, and audio work this movie uses every cliché and racial stereotype one can think of. Save your time and watch "Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller" instead and you will actually get an inside of how human trafficking really works.

Inane and amateurish in utmost, this bizarre and laughable tale seems to have been written by a young child trying to imagine what evil sex traffickers are like. Apparently the makers of this "film" are involved in extreme right-wing politics. To be honest I'm not american and have no idea who or what they are, but this movie is complete and utter trash.

Low budget doesn't excuse poor characters and story. Some poor acting too.

Don't watch it.

This movie could be condensed into 20 minutes. It has no idea whether it is trying to say "sex trafficking is bad" or "revenge is awesome." It's just a bore when it's not aggravating, a near complete waste of time.

Anyone that rates this movie based solely on the politics of the actors is without a doubt a moron. When a young woman or child is abducted for the purposes of sex trafficking they don't care if you're a liberal or conservative this topic goes way beyond petty stupid politics.

The movie was good not great, and the acting was good not great. For the budget they had to work with it was done well.

Well excuse all the negative comments above but for a person who watches movies and I mean all those crazy useless movies with all the bad acting, hype, budgets.... this ain't one of them. This is as real as it gets with all possibilities taken into. This would be my first review as I usually prefer to stay passive but this movie deserves more credit than it currently does. I am a former police officer and all the details in this movie were as good and realistic as it can be. Side characters acting were bad but well - what do u expect from them. Other than that this movie deserves more credit for its cohesiveness and superb main cast acting!

Twitter is alive with people promising to destroy this movie simply because two of the actors, Dean Cain and Kristy Swanson are conservatives. While I am a liberal I will not let that skew my review of this move. I do not believe in the cancelling of others simply for their beliefs, I will we could all fee this way. Is this movie the best? No but it will keep you watching. It is about a young girl abducted and forced into sex slavery. Sadly this is many of the young prostitutes out there so the story needs to be told. The parents are not getting anywhere with help from the police so they enlist Dean Cain's character to help. It gives a heart wrenching portrayal of what happens to many girls and hopefully makes a person give pause when thinking about enlisting the services of a prostitutes. What it and check your political beliefs at the door and you will like the film.

While the storyline is not a bad one...the script just didn't make it realistic, which resulted in subpar acting. Too many lines were so cliche!

Yeah, this 2021 movie titled "Trafficked: A Parent's Worst Nightmare" (aka "A Parent's Worst Nightmare") is a movie that, oddly enough, is based on sex trafficking, which in itself is a terrible topic.

And indeed, there have been movies out there that deal with the same issue, but doing so in a much more fulfilling way, in terms of it being a movie that brings entertainment - despite revolving around such atrocious things as sex trafficking. But "A Parent's Worst Nightmare" just didn't have the same impact as some movies of a similar nature.

Sure, "A Parent's Worst Nightmare" was watchable, but it wasn't an overly entertaining movie. And the reason for this was partially because of some inferior writing from writers Joel Paul Reisig, George P. Saunders and Scott Voshel. Which is some accomplishment in itself. I mean, three writers not being able to come up with something more worthwhile. But it is also due to some rigid characters and dubious acting performances.

The characters portrayed in "A Parent's Worst Nightmare" felt like wooden caricatures that hardly displayed any real or believable emotions or acted as one would think people would act when a family member is abducted and lost for over a month. It just took away so much believability from the movie as a whole.

All in all, then director Joel Paul Reisig just didn't bring contents to the screen where it mattered and "A Parent's Worst Nightmare" felt like a rather mundane and unnecessary movie, to be honest. This is not a movie that left a lasting impression with me, and I sat through it to the very end. Nor is it a movie that I will be thinking about, if someone mentions movies about sex trafficking. It just simply fell short of being outstanding or entertaining.

This 2021 movie is hardly one that I would recommend you wasting your time, money or effort on. My rating of "A Parent's Worst Nightmare" settles on a three out of ten stars.

No, the movie is not the latest and greatest. But it's not the worst, either. The fact that both Kristy Swanson and Dean Cain are {gasp!} outspoken Conservatives are undoubtedly what is driving most of the negative reviews. Reading them, you can tell that the writers didn't even watch the movie.

The audio could have used a little work. The vocals were at times overridden by the music and effects. Some of the lines were cringeworthy, but I find most of the hollywood drivel cringeworthy anyway, so take that with a grain of salt.

What I took issue with was the 20k a week fee. These guys were supposed to be the good guy, but they are, in my opinion, taking advantage of people. But, then again... it's fiction, so... there's thath.

If you want hollywood special effects, look elsewhere. If you want liberal leftist propaganda, look elsewhere. If you want a wholesome (as much as it can be based on the subject matter) that you can (and probably should) watch with your children, then this is the movie you've been looking for.

Yeesh. This is one of the kind of movies you pick up at The Dollar Tree on a set with 14 others... and STILL want your money back. I don't know why people keep putting money into projects and then not hiring even basic talent to cover it... it's a waste. When the closest you have to a "name" star is Kristy Swanson, and she gets out-acted by people who've never been in anything else, it's just sad. She's never been good, but now she seems to be having some kind of personal problem and is even worse. Anyway, your time is more valuable than this. The topic is important, but this shabby trash does nothing but try to exploit it for a few sleazy bucks. It feels like it wants to be a Lifetime movie, but couldn't make the cut.

I think the overall message was well intentioned just not delivered well due to the bad acting, it left a lot to be desired. The movie is trying to shed light on a problem faced in society and advising parents to be aware of the actions of their kids, even "good" ones. The actors were obviously not A-List so what can you expect. It was slow and boring at times, not a movie i would pay to see. I gave it 3 stars for the message.

How can anyone care about the movie when they don't care about the grammar in the description of the movie.

What do politics have to do with the review of a movie? Some of these comments are so ridiculous. Get a life. Now, about the movie, some of the acting is really weak. It is a very important subject matter though, and the story needs to be told. Parents need to be more aware of who their kids are talking to on the Internet. Dean Cain makes this movie because it is boring at times. But the end was worth it.

One of the worst movies Iv ever seen , the acting , script and storyline was diabolical , racist stereotypes and seems to be written by a child. It was honestly cringe to watch , I can't believe the actors read the script and said yes this is good , or even watched it back after , it's embarrassing. I actually watched a lot of it because it was kinda funny how bad , cliche and predictable it was ! Don't waste your time with this movie ! I had to give it a one out of ten only because zero was not an option ! Even the music was so bad , not one part of this movie can be applauded, dean cain looks great for his age , that's the only good thing I can say.

Niko Scherer shined as Daniel Belton. He stole the show.

Having a daughter at that age was kinda hard to watch, yes there are some cliche here and there but nothing that bad.

Due to its subject its not really enjoyable. Can be if you dont have kids and you re not that sensitive.

Ive seen lots of COVID era movies most are way worse than this one.

So right off the bat, we see indicators of how low budget this movie was: poor camera work and impotent acting. This is the type of film I hesitate to review just due to how bare and dull it was.

I almost turned it off but Dean Cain actually wasn't half bad. He put some dedication in what was an otherwise filthy movie. I know nothing about trafficking but can imagine there's inconsistencies in how the topic was handled. Plus there were endless stereotypes used for the traffickers, investigators, and the main family.

There was no excitement and I had no feelings of remorse for any of the characters.

Not only does this movie have horrible acting but it's not accurate at all. I find it uncomfortable that there was an unnecessary scene with a confederate flag in it, and all the evil guys (sex traffickers) were black men. There was barely any diversity. All the girls friends were white and there were a couple of asian victims but overall i think it was uncomfortable picking these little details out. In real life sex traffickers are often women, with a mix of men from different races. Kind of offensive, super inaccurate, and i think it was targeting to poc men.