Traffik (film)

Traffik is a 2018 American horror-thriller film directed and written by Deon Taylor and starring Paula Patton, Omar Epps, Laz Alonso, Roselyn Sanchez, Luke Goss, William Fichtner, and Missi Pyle.

It follows a group of friends who are terrorized by a gang of bikers in a remote countryside home.

It was released on April 20, 2018, by Summit Entertainment, received generally unfavorable reviews from critics and grossed $9 million worldwide.

Heading off on their vacation, John and Brea stop at a gas station where she meets Cara, a scared-looking woman.

Cara mentions the Fourth of July before an angry biker interrupts and orders her to hurry so they can leave.

Back at the gas station, the bikers' leader, Red, chastises his group for drawing attention to themselves and failing to capture Brea.

The couples hang out until they discover a satellite phone in Brea's bag and realizes that Cara slipped it in.

Thinking about her Fourth of July comment, Brea figures out that it is a passcode and unlocks the phone.

They find pictures of battered women posing for ads, making the couples realize that she is part of a trafficking ring.

She then berates Red and the biker for manhandling the girls since they are products, as well as not deleting the evidence on the phone.

It was originally slated for April 27, 2018, but was moved up a week to avoid competition from Avengers: Infinity War.

[4] In the United States and Canada, Traffik was released alongside I Feel Pretty and Super Troopers 2, and was projected to gross $3–4 million from 1,046 theaters in its opening weekend.

The website's critical consensus reads, "Traffik highlights Paula Patton's impressive dramatic chops — and smothers them in a thoroughly underwhelming exploitation thriller.

"[7] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 37 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".