Body Brokers – ABC Film Challenge – Thriller – V (Vin) – Body Brokers – Movie Review
Director: John Swab
Writer: John Swab (Screenplay)
Cast
- Melissa Leo (The Fighter)
- Frank Grillo (Black Lotus)
- Michael Kenneth Williams (The Wire)
- Jack Kilmer (The Nice Guys)
- Jessica Rothe (Happy Death Day)
Plot: Brought to Los Angeles for treatment, a recovering junkie soon learns that the rehab center is not about helping people, but a cover for a multi-billion-dollar fraud operation that enlists addicts to recruit other addicts.
Runtime: 1 Hour 51 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: Body Brokers starts when drug addict Utah (Kilmer) gets offered a lifeline by a stranger Wood (Williams). It sees Utah move to California to a rehab centre fronted by Vin (Grillo) with Dr White (Leo) treating the addicts.
As Utah starts his recovery process, he convinces his girlfriend Opal (Englert) to join him in the centre. However, the more Utah recovers, he starts to learn of the fraud operation being run taking advantage of addicts.
Verdict on Body Brokers
Body Brokers is a thriller following a drug addicted offered a chance for a recovery process. However, he learns about the con going on bringing addicts to the centre for profit. He doesn’t know how to escape the world taking advantage of addicts across the country.
This is another drama thriller showing how easily well intended schemes can be exploited. It shows how addicts can be used to make numbers look better when it comes to wanting to make the biggest impact. This is eye-opening to an exploit and shows how easily addicts can be used for profit.
Final Thoughts –Body Brokers highlights the ease people exploit addicts.
