The first trailer has been released for a new film titled Body Brokers. The film tells the true story of how drug treatment facilities have been organized as multi-billion dollar insurance scandals rather than centers created to help individuals with addiction.
The movie was directed and written by John Swab (Run with the Hunted, Let Me Make You a Martyr) who saw this first hand and it inspired him to make this movie to expose the scam. The film also has a great cast that includes Frank Grillo (The Purge franchise, Captain America franchise, The Grey), Melissa Leo (Prisoners, The Fighter, Frozen River), Jack Kilmer (The Nice Guys, Palo Alto), Michael K. Williams (12 Years a Slave, “Boardwalk Empire,” “The Wire”), Jessica Rothe (Happy Death Day franchise), and Alice Englert (Beautiful Creatures, Ginger & Rosa).
In the film, “Utah and Opal are junkies living on the streets of rural Ohio until a seemingly chance encounter with the enigmatic Wood (Michael Kenneth Williams) brings them to Los Angeles for treatment. While Utah finds sobriety with the help of the treatment center shrink (Melissa Leo), he soon learns that rehab is not about helping people—it’s merely a cover scheme for a multibillion dollar fraud operation, enlisting addicts to recruit other addicts. Seduced by the money, but troubled by the hypocrisy, Utah must decide between what will make him rich, and what will save Opal.”
Body Brokers will be released on February 19th, 2021.
