Beyond its depiction of violent vigilantiism as a solution for fighting sex trafficking, the new Rambo movie plays into old stereotypes about human trafficking that don't accurately represent the most common victims of the crime and which overemphasize kidnapping and physical force when, in reality, many trafficked individuals are held by psychological coercion.
Even when Hollywood is seeking to entertain, these types of portrayals can lead audiences to put pressure on legislators to implement the wrong types of action that don't actually help those most vulnerable.