Stripped (2012) (DVD Review)
Directed By: J.M.R. Luna
Starring: Nicole Sienna, Josh Cole, Carson Aune
Rated: UR/Region: 1/Widescreen/Number of disc: 1
Available from Inception Media Group
Four friends head to Vegas for a 21st birthday in hopes of finding adventure, debauchery and memories that will last them a lifetime. Cameron, the scandalous one of the group decides to record the whole trip, determined to not forget the fiasco. A girlfriend of theirs begs for a ride, convincing them she will disappear as soon as they arrive. When they get to Vegas the guys devise an amazing plan for the night, but things take a turn for the worst when they call strippers that have them travel to a remote location. Little do they know, the strippers work for an organ trafficker. The guys fight for their lives, but eventually get Stripped.
Stripped is the latest in the never ending line of POV/found footage films. This time around things take a very Hostel like turn and if you combine Hostel 3 with a found footage style you pretty much get this movie right here. This is a movie that is harmless and OK for a watch, but please don’t go into it thinking you will see anything that seems fresh or new. It isn’t a horrible movie, but it shows us stuff that has all been done before.
I also gotta admit that I just didn’t like our characters overall. We got a group of early 20s pretty faces attempting to act natural and they just come across so unlikeable you just don’t want or care if any of them make it out alive. I’m not sure if that is what the director was going for or not, but if so I would hope that they would have gone about it better than the result. It a movie that is OK for a watch, but nothing to really last after that.
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