SKIN TRADE (Ekachai Uekrongtham, 2014)

[dude hallenbeck]

I ended up watching Skin Traffik (A Hitman in London) out of curiosity. It was as terrible as expected, but I think they must've run out of money half way through filming, because large chunks of the film are cobbled together B-roll footage and rough dailies. I honestly think this was never meant to see the light of day, but Skin Trade being a high profile action thriller about the same subject matter made them rush it together in hopes of making some sales.

[Jox]

Coming soon in Japan...

[Jox]

Korean poster


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[dude hallenbeck]

How is the film performing? Is it too early to tell?

[Jox]

Don't know, as we don't have numbers for the VOD (US & UK), and it just recently came out on disc in Australia and Germany yesterday. Asian releases weren't big and the few numbers we have are incomplete...

EDIT:
Thai audience reactions

[robbie77]

Just saw this. Brilliant film . it is a throwback to commando and Rambo part 2 with a modern twist. This is one of my favourite Acton movie this year. Along with vengwance of assassin & john wick.It is well directed. Non of that shakey can that as been in Dolph's movies of late. Best Dolph film I have seen in long time.
Tony jaa is excellent in this and gets about as much time as dolph in film.I know some of you criticize is charisma. He is foreign and does not know language well but if you want to have best action scenes this is the main man. He lifts this film to another level. Dolph also was great on this. I do not understand problems critics had with story as it is descent. The critics were going in expecting a serious Oscar worthy story is some bull exscuse to.mark it down.
Ron Pearlman is also great in this.
I have German bluray. All interviews are in English with removable subtitles.
Ascot elite who released it are one of most English friendly labels going.

[Jox]

On the German Blu-ray (not DVD), the B-Roll (rough behind the scenes footage) and interviews (EPK cast & crew I guess) run 25 minutes each apparently (50 mins total).

[Jox]

India:

[Jox]

US Blu-ray/DVD cover


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[dude hallenbeck]

Nice. Just nice and simple. Sure it's a bit generic, but it's vibrant and doesn't look cheap and thrown together.

[Jox]

What makes it nice and not too cheap is the drawing feel to it on Dolph's face notably. It's somewhat dynamic too.

[dude hallenbeck]

Also the fact that the heads clearly belong to the bodies. Too many posters these days make the heads look like they're floating away from the bodies.

[Jox]

For the Japanese release on 7/25, an article on the movie and the Kawasaki D-Tracker motorbike that Dolph rides
http://jp.autoblog.com/2015/07/16/battl ... tracker-x/





From the Japanese official twitter

[Jox]

If true, the US edition is packed with good extras!

- Commentary With Actor/Producer Dolph Lundgren;
- Deleted Scenes;
- "The Making Of 'Skin Trade'";
- "Behind The Action: Fighting You Can Believe";
- Interview With Dolph Lundgren;
- "A Look At Director Ekachai Uekrongtham".

http://www.walmart.com/ip/skin-trade--(widescreen)/45975919
So glad if Dolph recorded an audio commentary...

[dude hallenbeck]

I'm glad I held off on the Australian barebones Blu Ray (I own it on DVD instead). I might import this, since I've loved all of Dolph's commentaries on the Universal Soldier films.