"Stolen From the Suburbs" is a harrowing saga of human trafficking in a graphic portrayal of the horrors of abduction and the desperate search of a mother for her kidnapped daughter.
The widow Katherine Hudson has recently moved with young Emma from Wisconsin to Los Angeles. Emma is feisty and eager to spend time with young Adam, a boy she met through her bestie Courtney Halliday. It turns out, however, that Adam is working closely with Courtney's presumed beau Johnny with the goal of abducting the two girls for a human trafficking ring. Emma and Courtney fall headlong into the "Romeo trap." The ring is run by a nefarious creature named Malena.
The film had a relentless intensity with the desperation registered on the face of Katherine. One of the most interesting characters was Anna Fray, who runs the service "Saving Innocence," which is dedicated to located human trafficking victims. In a riveting monologue, Anna describes to Katherine her personal experience of being abducted and spending four years in prison due to the manslaughter that led to her escape.
While not all of the frenetic action at the end was credible, the filmmakers were successful in conveying the urgency of locating the victims immediately after abduction. Otherwise, they appear to vanish into thin air, the playthings of malevolent figures in like the evil Malena.
The widow Katherine Hudson has recently moved with young Emma from Wisconsin to Los Angeles. Emma is feisty and eager to spend time with young Adam, a boy she met through her bestie Courtney Halliday. It turns out, however, that Adam is working closely with Courtney's presumed beau Johnny with the goal of abducting the two girls for a human trafficking ring. Emma and Courtney fall headlong into the "Romeo trap." The ring is run by a nefarious creature named Malena.
The film had a relentless intensity with the desperation registered on the face of Katherine. One of the most interesting characters was Anna Fray, who runs the service "Saving Innocence," which is dedicated to located human trafficking victims. In a riveting monologue, Anna describes to Katherine her personal experience of being abducted and spending four years in prison due to the manslaughter that led to her escape.
While not all of the frenetic action at the end was credible, the filmmakers were successful in conveying the urgency of locating the victims immediately after abduction. Otherwise, they appear to vanish into thin air, the playthings of malevolent figures in like the evil Malena.