Whats scary is this could happen.....

Rating: 8/10 (17 April 2006)

A lot of people have come on here and praised or slated the film for its gore/lack of gore, and how people would have passed out through shock, and how the scene looked real/not real but I have a different outlook on this film.
The most scary thing I could get from this film was if this could really happen. Thousands of people disappear every year when they head off back packing on the other side of the world for a once-in-a-lifetime thrill and they are never heard from again. The Societ block has only just been broken up and there are large countries that have taken their Independence from Russia but how no full knowledge on how to use it. Most people know that the Russain mafia still have strong influences in these countries, so why could (not would) they not set up something like this? A small remote town out in the mountains somewhere with operatives all across Asia, Europe and Africa (just like the guy in Amsterdam). All tourists who are looking for anything different are 'informed & advised' to visit this place and they will find what they are looking for there. Once there, they are never heard from again. Bear in mind that in this film they are not only working against the organisation that has ensnared them, but the police and a few of the locals too.
This film may not have met the levels of SAW & SAW II in many peoples eyes, but I find the possibility of this actually happening far more terrifying than the SAW series. A serial killer as in SAW would just not elude the law long enough to get away with so much bloodshed as the US government has tight monitoring processes in place that would let them track down such a criminal in their own lands pretty swiftly. Out in many of the broke away Soviet block countries, they are no where near as advances.
I think this could truly happen.