"Relentless"

You may remember from an earlier post when I was just posting on blogspot about the movie "Trafficked" and what happens to those unfortunate to be taken into that world. This time, we see it from the point of view of the loved ones searching for their lost loved one and the links one might go to find them and those responsible for taking them.

Starting off in 1981, we learn how a civil war tore El Salvador apart forcing many to flee and how many that fled to the U.S. would go on to form one of the largest human trafficking rings, just as the main character Holly who is only a child at the time watches her mother leave with a man in a car never to return.

Now an adult, Holly Drew (Lauren Shaw) runs a coffee shop having learned much about it first hand from visits to El Salvador. Now her daughter Ally (Sydney Sweeney) is staying with a family in El Salvador as part of a course to get into college where she can learn the business. One night, the house is invaded by gang members demanding money that end up kidnapping Ally and the family's daughter Laura (Krissia Cedillos). The family alerts Holly about what has happened and immediately flies there to find her. Finding that the police have very little to go on, she is directed to an unorthodox solution in the form of Fern (David Castro) an ex-military fighter who understands the seedy underbelly of the human trafficking world and the government corruptions that go on. With time not being on their side, they must avoid corrupt police, face shady and dangerous characters in order to find Ally before she is sold off and becomes lost in the human trafficking world for good.

I found this to be a thrilling and riveting piece. It was as if someone started a stopwatch and you were off on this race and you kept going until the final minutes, leaving you with a rush and breathless. The portrayal of Holly and Fern being complete opposites but still having this common ground seemed to tell two sides of the same story, the innocence and the immoral. It also give a glimpse of how such illegal activities can go on so easily through police and government corruption and those willing to turn a blind eye out of greed. A real topic that can hit home to many and a story that must be told to all. It did lack some of the grim truth that comes with stories like these and it seemed to hold back on the darkness that comes with the subject, which in my opinion cost it a star leaving still a strong rating of four G.M.Stars. It's one I recommend and one I advise you watch with an open-mind.

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