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Two American backpackers in Amsterdam, Josh (Derek Richardson) and Paxton (Jay Hernandez), along with their Icelandic friend, Oli are lured into a hostel Slovakia where they are told the woman are eagar to pleasure American men. They are travelling Europe for a recent trip till they graduate from college, so there are no holds barred when it comes to sex, drugs and anything else that comes their way. Once they reach Slovaki, Josh and “Pax” hook up with 2 very accommodating and very fine women, Natalya and Svetlana, and things go a bit weird.
This was definitely a whirlwind 1 hour and 35 minutes. Any longer and things may have gone very, very incorrect and very, very long. I went to see this film with my friend, who was completely grossed out and freaked out…just as the hype said she must be. I am not certain if I was expecting more or have just seen one too much horror films because I thought it was kind of tame.
Jay Hernandez was great as Paxton, as far as performances go…but my goodness, this guy made some pretty stupid decisions. I will not go into them here because you will kill me for spoiling the film. The film was rather predictable, but in an enjoyable way, if you know what I mean. You knew what was coming up and it is kind of what you wanted to happen. Much people got their just desserts and that’s all I will speak!
Final comment: If these guys had put Canadian flag patches on their backpacks, they may not have run into so much problems. It seems that Americans are very valuable in this grotesque game.
