Skin Trade (film)

Skin Trade
Theatrical release poster
Directed byEkachai Uekrongtham
Written by
Produced by
  • Craig Baumgarten
  • Dolph Lundgren
  • Mike Selby
Starring
CinematographyBen Nott
Edited byVictor Du Bois
Music byJacob Groth
Production
companies
BMP Productions
SC Films Thailand[nb 1]
Thor Pictures
Distributed byHyde Park International
Magnet Releasing
SC Films Thailand
Release dates
  • November 7, 2014 (2014-11-07) (AFM premiere)
  • April 23, 2015 (2015-04-23) (VOD & Thailand)
  • May 8, 2015 (2015-05-08) (United States)
Running time
95 minutes
CountriesThailand
United States
LanguagesEnglish
Thai
Serbian
Budget$9 million[2]

Skin Trade is a 2014 American action thriller film directed by Ekachai Uekrongtham. It stars Dolph Lundgren and Tony Jaa, alongside Michael Jai White and Ron Perlman. Lundgren wrote the film with Gabriel Dowrick and Steven Elder, while John Hyams performed uncredited script revisions.[3]

Development started in 2007 after Lundgren read a news report about a group of girls being smuggled into the United States from Mexico. The girls were left in a vehicle along the border and, trapped inside, they all died of heat stroke and suffocation.

Skin Trade had a $9 million production budget, and was shot over 50 days in Canada and Thailand. The film premiered at the American Film Market on November 7, 2014. This was followed by a limited theatrical release, starting on April 9, 2015, in the United Arab Emirates, and succeeded by Thailand (on April 23), Malaysia (on April 30), and the United States (on May 8). The film grossed $384,000 at the worldwide box office.

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