Body Brokers
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- Jack Kilmer
- Frank Grillo
- Melissa Leo
- Michael K. Williams
- Jessica Rothe
- Alice Englert
- Peter Greene
- Owen Campbell
- Sam Quartin
- Thomas Dekker
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Emblazoned with mouthy Big Short-style info-dumps, and with a phone-selling scene reminiscent of The Wolf of Wall Street, Body Brokers outwardly seems to be aiming for high Scorsesian amoral operatics. But given the originality of Swab’s take, it’s a shame he couldn’t find the film a more appropriate style: at heart it is a more sober film intent on declaring its outrage.
Writer-director John Swab is clearly influenced by films such as the The Big Short and his grasp sometimes exceeds his reach as he indulges in a few too many stylized touches and meandering subplots, but Body Brokers keeps us in its grips throughout.
The plot here is too plain, but the details are vivid and the outrage palpable. If nothing else, this movie is one hell of an education.