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At the time of this review, "I Am All Girls" had a rating of 4.9. That's pathetic, given the horrific subject matter as well as execution. The all around acting was very good as was the writing, cinematography and story. And, as this movie showed, revenge is best when served with a side dish of whoop ass. To be fair, this is no "The Godfather", "Casablanca" or "Amadeus." What it is, though, is a raw, visceral, in your face, unapologetic crime thriller that grabs you by the cajones and doesn't let go. Recommended.

An unpleasant subject matter turned into quite a good thriller/vigalante film. Inspired by true events and the shocking statistics in the end credits make for disturbing and grim reading. Well acted without falling into the buddy movie scenario, the bond between the leads becomes quite real rather than a scripted movie, you can feel the sadness in their hearts which governs and justifies their actions. A disturbing film, says quite a lot about the evil that is in the world today.

I read reviews and wasn't going to watch this, but I am glad I did. Great film. Not a blockbuster but a good story. I enjoyed it.

The movie highlights the very important topic of human trafficking, but it's not a memorable movie.

It's not a movie I'd remember when I recommend "movies to watch" to people.

They could of done so much more with the storyline but it felt lazy.

The film is a bit slow, and the main characters don't have much personality....but it does highlight this awful crime, that is happening everyday. It's worth a watch but don't expect to be on the edge of your seat xx.

Not your best Sunday afternoon matinee but a film worth watching if simply to make you think about modern day slavery and human trafficking.

Starts off with a misconception, the criminal's, arrested in 1994 , had his testimony not censured by the Apartheid government in South Africa but by the incoming ANC government. Easy blame Apartheid for this appalling act of censure.

Difficult in places but sadly a theme recurrent in every Society to a greater or lesser degree. Who knows way West going be legalised rather than criminalised.

This is a good movie that I watched start to finished without being bored. I think a "7" is right on as it isn't a award winner by any means but was interesting and suspenseful.

At the same time I also learned more about a major problem in the world today and what happens when these girls are kidnapped and sent off to Iran or elsewhere. It's a travesty.

This movie had a lot if potential but somehow missed the mark. The acting was decent, the script reasonable but somehow it just came across somewhat flat. It is worth viewing but just doesn't give you the impact it should.

This movie got unfair reviews but only just. There's lots of elements within the film that are supposedly meant to be good viewing, emotional and teary but it's almost doesn't quite come off. Unfair reviews but could have been better.

I don't mind a dark or bleak subject matter (and this definitely was). But just about everything else was wrong also wrong with this movie. The scenes were dark - meaning the sets were unlit properly, so at times it was hard to tell what was happening. The main character spent a lot of screen time doing some annoying heavy mouth breathing that was disconcerting. Was there a plot somewhere in there? If so, it was very hard to follow and had no logical progression. The pace was so slow I got bored and contemplated turning it off. I kept thinking it was going to get better. It didn't! The story was supposedly about a real situation, but it was so completely different from that incident that it bore no relation to it. It wasn't so much a movie as a collection of random thoughts. It's too bad they took an important topic and reduced it to... not sure what.

This movie certainly doesn't deserve all the poor reviews. It's not a Hollywood movie or actors and that's a good thing it's telling a horrible story so just take it for that.

This is a very female movie , unfortunately the title is too ''feminist'' so i guess it won't have the success it could have had if it had a more appropriate title and wasn't so pro female and against white males.

Good crime investigation taking place in South Africa

7/10.

A good film well acted by actors I do not know. My gripe with many revenge-type films is the inability to dish out real pain to evil perpetrators. Individuals who rape, torture, murder, and cause terrible pain many times over, get a clean death, bang your dead. The Girl with the Dragon tattoo delivers Colin Farrell Dead Man Down; I spit on your Grave. Stop this PC no revenge nonsense. If honest, we want evil criminals dealt with in films properly (this is escapism, not real life). In real life, bad people get away doing bad things all the time.

Difficult to watch but it is a world problem. Watch this and learn. Excellent film.

You know sometimes we wish life would be as "easy" to swallow or digest than movies are. This begins with quite the downer message though. Will it be true for the rest of the movie or will this take a more somber, positive attitude and outlook on the subject matter? I won't spoil that for you, I'll just say that there is way more action here than some might like - realism is traded for effect - for better or worse.

Acting is good and the vengeance theme is something almost everyone will agree to - to some degree at least. This is based on real life attrocities ... and it shines a light on them. Don't expect this to be a documentary though or close to the truth when it comes to what exactly happens.

The movie was good and the subject matter was important however I didn't understand why they were using the white girls that were taken when it was made clear that they made sure to kidnap girls from the townships. What a complete whitewash of these girls' trauma.

All the negative reviews are saying that Iran wouldn't be involved in evil acts. This movie is based on a true story... I don't understand how people give it a bad rating because they don't believe their country Iran can do anything bad. Ridiculous as any country is capable of evil, whether people want to admit it or not. These girls stories should be heard and this movie portrays their stories realistically.

The local acting was good and worthy of a decent unbiased rating from people reviewing the movie.

The topic is important but difficult to talk about, hence movies like these are important.

Children trafficking and abuse are horrors of human depravity. They rightly belong to the darkest recesses of evildoing. Movies usually deftly avoid this topic, unless it goes to the tired premise of a revenge movie that serves no other purpose than to give us an empty satisfaction that justice somehow prevails. And yet, does it really? "I am all girls", gritty and unflinching South African movie avoids the familiar albeit trite path. The protagonist, detective tethering on the brink of exhaustion, is too real and wounded to become an action movie ass-kicker. Her successes are few and far in between and the shocking fact that only 1% of victims are found and saved in the end, makes her obsession overshadowed with destructive doom. Will she be the next victim that this monster devours?

A fairly good movie in terms of storyline and acting, there were some heartfelt moments and a few good action shots. However, the overall pace of the film was slow and there was a lack of chemistry between the two leads.

In 1994 Apatheid South Africa, a man confesses to kidnapping 6 girls who are never to be recovered. The man dies soon after in custody and the case closes. The video confession is hidden away. In the present day, Jodie Snyman is an obsessed police detective driven to save girls being traffic by the politically protected criminal gang to the middle east. Someone is killing these criminals and craving initials into their dead bodies.

This reminds me of those grim British crime dramas. The setting is grim. The subject matter is grim. The lead is a grim lady detective who would be pretty if she gets a glam-up. This is written as Inspired by True Events which means that it's mostly fictional if not all. It adds up to a functional crime thriller which isn't that different from countless others. Jodie does present an interest problem in the White Savior role in post-Apatheid South Africa. She's like a neon sign. It's also an opportunity to play with that trope. I thought she could have a shocking reveal like that she was in on the revenge plot all along. They could be lesbian Batwomen. At least, that would be a little different.

Surely an eye opener. People commented on the bad story line or whether it's a Sheikh's or Iranian, but the real story shows that more than 500K girls are trafficked and more than half are kids. Wake up people.

The actors did well, too. A bit more suspense can add to the excitement factor.

Dramatic thriller with full of suspenses and lot of pains for this true story. The atmosphere and filming locations are outstanding and all the actors including the staff made a great job.

It shows how power can reign even on that level.

My wife gave 6/10 and me 7/10. I round it up on solid 7/10. See it. If you like this watch all Taken series.