In short, the film is about an American teen-aged girl who is kidnapped in Europe to be sold at auction as a sex slave. The girl’s father is able to find his daughter and her abductors. Daddy saves his little girl. Daddy meets out justice. Daddy saves the day. Great movie.
Overly dramatic in ways, the parallels to this film and what actually happen in our world are nonetheless stunning. Right this moment there is a young person somewhere who is forced into the furthest reaches of human depravity-she is treated as only a body, a number.
In this movie the happy ending was heralded with daddy’s arrival. Yet, the few true “happy endings” are of girls whose daddys never arrive in time. Her daddy never shows up.
Justice is that there is a Daddy, Abba God, who knows. He is in the pits with this girl, and to Him she is precocious beyond all creation. She has a name. And just as our God provides for me and my family, just as He puts food on your table and keeps you in clothing, He will provide for her.
I am glad. Time to work. May we take part in God’s portion that will bring Justice. May we never sit by when He calls us to change the world, one beloved person at a time.
2 comments:
I found TAKEN to be quite inaccurate and very 'hollywoodized." It is rarely a pretty blonde rich American girl that is taken...it is usually the marginalized, the homeless, the destitute. But a story like that does not sell as many tickets. I found TRADE to be a way better representation of what actually happens. Thanks for this post, it was good to hear someone else's thoughts on the film.
Michelle
Thanks, Michelle, for the tip on Trade. I'll have to hunt it down. I did indeed find Taken heavy on Hollywood-drama, but I am nonetheless glad that this sensationalized view of human trafficking was so well received by an often clueless populace. If the voice of sex trafficking is heard louder due to such a film, I consider it a win.
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Katherine
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