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Paul Magne Haakonsen "Sweet Karma" have, what sounded like, an interesting storyline. Karma's sister Anna travels from Russia to Canada under the impression to work there as a housemaid. Karma never hears from her sister, never receives any money, and decides to go to Canada and look for her sister. Signing up with the same company that sent Anna to Canada, Karma discovers that it is in fact a human trafficking ring supplying prostitutes and erotic dancers. Bent on revenge, Karma takes down the ones responsible, one by one, and with every weapon at her disposal.Sounded great, didn't it? Yeah, unfortunately there was nothing new or innovating to be seen in "Sweet Karma". It had all been seen in movies before; a woman out for revenge, an undercover cop in too deep with the bad guys, the woman bringing down an entire cartel all by her lonely self, and women being suppressed and forced into shady work. With those things lined up, "Sweet Karma" didn't really rise above mediocrity.Don't get me wrong, the movie is actually quite good and manages to keep you riveted to the seat until the very end. But lacking new ideas and execution in movie style, then "Sweet Karma" was a bit tame.The people in the movie were actually doing good jobs with their roles. And the lead role of Karma was played by Shera Bechard was particularly well performed, especially because she didn't speak a single word throughout the entire movie.One of the things that I really liked about "Sweet Karma" was the feel you got from the scenes and scenery. It was gritty, dirty and foreboding. And that worked really well, because you had the sensation of being in a bad and low place; which the women also were. So thumbs up on the way they used that to the movie's advantage.Personally, I just didn't fully buy into the story, that a woman singlehandedly could manage to unwrap the human trafficking ring all by herself and take them down the way she did. Some of the violence scenes were actually quite well executed, though, I will give them that. But in general, I just didn't see the storyline as that plausible."Sweet Karma" is good entertaining for an evening of movies where you don't have to use your brain. This movie invites you to just disable and sit back in the couch and watch it for being entertained. Now, I know that things like what was portrayed in the movie actually does occur all around the world, but still, the movie didn't leave me with any lingering afterthoughts in any regards.

lglaze41 I have never seen a movie quite like this one. I DVR'd it by accident, but within the first minute I was hooked and stayed that way the entire movie. Such a great movie. I was like "You go girl!", main character was great. I thought for sure a woman must have written this film b/c of the subtle details that made it such a winner. But to my surprise when the credits ran through, lo and behold it was written by 2 men! Refreshing to say the least. I cant quite put it into words but it was just not what I expected. Usually during a movie, you can foresee what is going to happen, but this movie had positive "twists" that are just so uncommon these days. Not too over the top, done very tastefully. Great movie. When I think about the movie it makes me smile for some reason. Karma's a bitch.

merklekranz The Russian mob runs into a revenge seeking female, and all hell breaks loose. Shera Bechard is quite good playing a beautiful mute. The Russian enforcers, running a sex trade business in Canada, meet violent deaths at the hands of "Sweet Karma". The movie delivers exactly what it promises. Unfortunately the under lit scenes, shaky camera, criminal over use of the "F" word, and numerous flashbacks detract somewhat. Nevertheless, there is enough death and mayhem to push this updated revenge flick into above average territory. At 85 minutes things move along at a good enough pace, with some throbbing electronic music accompaniment. Not bad of it's type. - MERK

mauvemoonlight I was very surprised that this film has such a low rating. I think it is excellent for what it is - a tough action film.What I especially liked about this film was that the main character is a woman, with a hint of lesbianism about her, who knows how to take care of business. Realistic? Heck no - but how many action films are? Could Karma really physically overpower the various thugs she comes up against - I seriously doubt it - but it doesn't matter. The fun in this film is that these guys are total scumbags and you know she's going to get them - you look forward with eager anticipation to the moment when she does.I felt beautiful Shera Bechard did an excellent job as Karma Balint, a mute Russian woman, I was also quite taken with the handsome and talented John Tokatlidis as William and thought Christian Bako, who played Tomas, made him an interesting character as well.I also thought the twist just before the end of the film was quite creative; I certainly wasn't expecting it.The only two things that I have minor quibbles with is the fact I think they would've had more dimension with their heroine if she had not been mute and I definitely would've liked more background information on Karma. Why was she able to handle herself so well when it came to dealing with these thugs? What did she do in Russia? Had she been trained in fighting skills? Had she been a secret assassin in Russia? What was her background and history? We are told that she was mute from birth, and we understand her motivation for being in Toronto but beyond that we know virtually nothing.The lack of background on the main character is why I gave this 9 stars rather than 10.