Body Brokers

Body Brokers is a crime thriller about Utah, a young man addicted to drugs and living on the streets of rural Ohio with his girlfriend, Opal. A chance encounter with a man named Wood brings the couple to Los Angeles for treatment, but the facility is not what it appears. Wood introduces Utah to Vin, who runs a chain of treatment centers, and Utah is drawn into a lucrative illegal operation in which recruiting new patients matters more than helping anyone recover. He is offered a place inside the business rather than only a way out of his addiction.

The film was directed by John Swab from his own screenplay, with Robert Ogden Barnum, Swab and Jeremy M. Rosen producing. It was the first of several features Swab directed, followed by Ida Red later the same year, then One Day as a Lion, Candy Land, Little Dixie, Long Gone Heroes and King Ivory. Jack Kilmer plays Utah, Alice Englert plays Opal, Michael Kenneth Williams plays Wood, Frank Grillo plays Vin, and Jessica Rothe and Peter Greene also appear. Twenty cast members and seventy-one crew members are credited.

Released in February 2021, the film runs 111 minutes and was made in the United States by BondIt Media Capital, Voltage Pictures, Vertical Entertainment and Roxwell Films. On IMDb it holds a rating of 6.2 out of 10 from 128 votes. That mid-range score from a modest number of viewers suggests a film that found a small audience and drew a mixed-to-positive response rather than broad attention.