Softwing Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

Sharkflei Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.

SeeQuant Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

Janis One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

bowmanblue There's not an awful lot to say about 'Elephant White' (apart from observations regarding Kevin Bacon's accent, but we'll get to that later). It's about an assassin, hired to destroy gangs in Thailand in revenge for what they did to his daughter.So he goes and kills them.It's a revenge movie. Yes, the bad guys get punished - as you would expect - and yes, the hero does at least run into some trouble along the way. And, our hero is aided by none other than a British Kevin Bacon. For some reason, he has been told to adopt a borderline cockney/southern accent. When I first heard it, I thought the film had been dubbed. At least he's consistent throughout the film, but his voice is rather off-putting. However, he's not in it as much as the film's advertising poster may hope to imply. Fans of Kevin be warned: he's not in it that much.Yes, there's action. And there's some nice 'sniper fights' which make a change from simply blasting the bad guys up close and personal. However, it's all been done before. It's an okay movie, but there's nothing original enough to make it into a really great movie (apart from Bacon's weird accent - that's worth hearing in itself).http://thewrongtreemoviereviews.blogspot.co.uk/

toddg-473-289818 So Djimon Hounsou, of Blood Diamond fame, wants to take the lead as both producer and lead actor in film designed to raise awareness about human trafficking in southeast Asia? Unfortunately, this movie misses its mark on several levels. First, it is never made clear until the end of the movie when the closing credits are rolling that we are talking about human trafficking rather than prostitution. Only a couple references to enslavement by drug addiction are given, but what is being fought against is still murky at best. In addition, the closing credits describe "children" as those being trafficked, but none of the victimized girls in this movie looked like children to me. They all looked like young adults, probably late teens to early twenties in age. The producers could have cast younger actresses if they wanted to send a clear message about "children." Second, why would Kevin Bacon lend his name and reputation to this amateurish movie? He plays a self described Brit, but until that declaration, I assumed by his accent that he was playing an Aussie.The only thing this movie got right was how the imaginary girl named Mae described Buddhist culture. Reincarnation is a big part of that culture, and her message of how and why people do things in their current life can affect what happens to them later was accurate. This concept explains something I saw firsthand in Thailand, which is that feral dogs are beaten into submission, but well cared for afterward.All of those points aside, the script is weak, the characters are one dimensional, and this movie isn't worthy of its desire to be taken seriously as a morality tale.

bigben11112000 This film was not only well written, produced and performed, the action scenes were as good if not better than most movies of its genre. Djimon Hounsou has proved to be the next great action hero. Kevin Bacon has done what he always seems to do better than any other actor, he has a niche for picking great movies to act in, and then gives an impressive performance. The subject matter of White Elephant was disturbing. Choosing to make this film was in deed a small act of heroism. Society needs to be kept aware of the horrible inhuman atrocities that occur in the dark corners of our blemished world. Not enough has been done to stop human sex trafficking. This film is the greatest attempt.

sjdd I usually am not so picky with movies I see, I am not a harsh critic normally. But, this movie Elephant White has to be one of the WORST movies I have seen in my life. It was so embarrassingly AWFUL. How can Kevin Bacon do a movie like this!! First, the movie made ZERO sense, the plot was terrible. And Kevin Bacon had this terrible British accent...I cant believe 2 great actors would agree to do a movie like this.....what a joke and an insult to Hollywood....I don't even know if they got paid for this movie, but if they did it would be a disgrace...What a waste, really if you see it you will think it is a joke! I would give it a 0 out of 100. It was simply that BAD!