Body Brokers (2021) (original) (raw)
Utah and Opal are junkies living on the streets of rural Ohio until a seemingly chance encounter with the enigmatic Wood brings them to Los Angeles for drug treatment. Utah appears to find sobriety with the help of treatment center shrink, Dr. White, and tech turned love interest, May. They soon learn that drug treatment is but a cover for a predatory business, enlisting addicts to recruit other addicts. Utah is no exception. Wood and his drug treatment mogul partner, Vin, take Utah under their wing, introducing him to the good life, though Utah's addiction remains his biggest obstacle.
Utah and Opal are junkies living on the streets of rural Ohio until a seemingly chance encounter with the enigmatic Wood brings them to Los Angeles for drug treatment. Utah appears to find sobriety with the help of treatment center shrink, Dr. White, and tech turned love interest, May. They soon learn that drug treatment is but a cover for a predatory business, enlisting addicts to recruit other addicts. Utah is no exception. Wood and his drug treatment mogul partner, Vin, take Utah under their wing, introducing him to the good life, though Utah's addiction remains his biggest obstacle. (less)
Director: John Swab
Writer: John Swab
Starring: Jack Kilmer, Alice Englert, Jessica Rothe, Frank Grillo, Melissa Leo, Michael Kenneth Williams
Producer: Robert Ogden Barnum
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Review by Brian Orndorf, February 17, 2021
5 / 10
Here�s a prime example of a fantastic idea for a film hobbled by mediocre execution. �Body Brokers� examines the treatment industry, where rehab facilities seemingly created to help people with addiction issues are actually part of a system meant to extract insurance dollars, focusing on greed, not health. Writer/director John Swab (�Run with the Hunted�) has passion for the subject, but he�s also trying to create drama to support sharp messages concerning a corrupt system, and that doesn�t turn out well for the helmer. �Body Brokers� gets lost while attempting to be a searing study of fraud, ...read more...
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