Apartment 407 (2016)

Apartment 407: Directed by Rudolf Buitendach. With Gabriel Olds, Frida Farrell, Matthew Marsden, Lew Temple. Based on a true story. Isobel goes for a job interview, gets locked in and sex trafficked for 3 consecutive days.

“I hadnu0026#39;t heard about this 2016 movie titled u0026quot;Selling Isobelu0026quot; (aka u0026quot;Apartment 407u0026quot;) before now in 2021, when I was presented with the chance to sit down to watch it.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eNow, it should be said that u0026quot;Selling Isobelu0026quot; deals with the issue of sex trafficking, which may be a topic that is not just readily suitable for everyone in the audience. With that being said, I think that movies such as u0026quot;Selling Isobelu0026quot;, and countless other movies like it, exist to help shedding light upon the atrocious acts of sex trafficking.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAnd that was exactly the problem with this 2016 movie, that there are countless of other movies like it. Which made u0026quot;Selling Isobelu0026quot; feel like a run-of-the-mill experience. Now, I am not saying that u0026quot;Selling Isobelu0026quot; is a bad movie, because it isnu0026#39;t. It most certainly is watchable and nicely acted by the actors and actresses in the movie, but the problem is that there is just nothing within the storyline here to set it apart from the many other similar movies. So it felt like a dime a dozen here.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAs I just mentioned, then the acting performances in the movie were good. Especially Gabriel Olds – playing Peter – because he really portrayed that character in a very believable manner, despite him being the villain of the story. But Gabriel Olds really put on a very good and memorable performance here. It should also be said that Lew Temple really put on a good performance as well, despite having such a minor part in the movie. It was nice to see Matthew Marsden in the movie, just a shame that his on-screen time was so limited.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026quot;Selling Isobelu0026quot; makes for adequate entertainment, while dealing with a rather horrible topic. But the movie just didnu0026#39;t make itself outstanding enough to set it apart from other similar movies. This reflects on my mediocre five out of ten stars rating for director Rudolf Buitendachu0026#39;s 2016 movie.”