This. Is. Boring.

Rating: 3/10 (3 March 2006)

Starts out as "Before sunset", this time the American boys are two instead of one, Josh still has to get past a sad high school story, while Paxton in the first only serve as a comedic narrative device for Josh to try unblock himself. Throw in another Icelandic overly expansive dude (he probably would have been black if the movie was set in USA) for good.
So you got this not-so-funny quest-for-eurosex-and-pot set up and running and guess what? It's boring. Does it get any better? Short answer: no. These guys end up in an ex-eastern block poor country, harboring all but the most illegal businesses, and all they got is killed (well not the narrative device, who after all should be left almost untouched to keep the movie going.) Is it scary? There's a "Blair Witch Project" lookalike sequence which is halfway through the movie: black screen, people screaming. Jeez, people, I'm totally scared by the absolute boredom this stems. Among the other sequences worth noting, there is one where Paxton cuts the optical never off a jap girl who he's saved from being tortured. Then they happily escape (she obviously feels no pain), and then you find the only meaning of this otherwise useless character is that her suicide later provides Paxton a way to get on a train unnoticed. Superbly written!
I'm really scared by the simple fact they want you to pay to see this shabby piece of script translated in an entirely uninteresting 90 minutes long film.
That's why I'm running away from the theater... I'm left with the feeling that the filmmakers see us (the moviegoers) as the bitches: dumb useless cash cows.