Wasn't THAT Bad

Rating: 2/10 (9 June 2006)

I read a ton of horrid reviews, which I'm pretty much in agreement with, however I will say that aside from all that was wrong with this movie (there was plenty) the premise was interesting and really freaky, which is probably why there are so many reviews and so many people have at least been curious enough to see it.
In a nutshell; I thought the story idea was good, naive American boys travelling through Europe smoking pot and chasing women, the hotter the better. They slowly realize that what they thought was Garden of Eden turned out to be hell. The idea itself makes great fodor for a horror flick, however having seen many horror movies I'd say this one failed because so much of it was not believable. The main guy took on an Indiana Jones quality after he inexplicably escaped the torture chamber without raising an eyebrow from anyone there. He went back to save the Japanese girl which was not only out of character, but completely ridiculous. If you saw people being killed, tortured, sawed in half do you think anyone in the world would go back inside? Yeah, right. He finds the perfect get a way car which just happens to have keys in the ignition, and a big stack of bubble gum to assuage the little boy gang. He just happens to be on the same train as the bad guy and just happens to have the perfect opportunity to follow him into the bathroom and exact his revenge. Too much.