So positive depictions of Russia and the fantastic impact that this must have had on tourism there aside, I guess we have to accept that "danger is everywhere."Īlso, what is the point of that ending? Who am I supposed to feel for? Am I supposed to forgive every idiot who contributed to this ending because somehow in 2021, it's completely OK not to see it coming that mercilessly "pranking" someone might have some negative impact on them? And is this all this was? Am I supposed to call this genuine torture a "prank?" The movie also wants us to take at face value that in Russia, men will attempt to drag you out of a well-lit club for evident nefarious, non-consensual activities, and if you or your friends have the nerve to refuse, you will be "cursed" by randos. I honestly did not want these jerks to even survive the flight over, let alone whatever garbage they might get into in Moscow. The basic premise of the movie is that a bunch of obnoxious Americans, fueled by unearned confidence and entitlement that only social media influencers could make believable fly to Moscow for an adventure. But that episode was so much better than this movie. And so he kills her on the day of the celebration and drags her body into a room where all his friends are just waiting to get the party started. It's the one where a woman is secretly planning her husbands birthday party and he thinks she is cheating on him (because of all the secret phone calls and hush-hush). By the way, I recognize the main arc of the story from a great episode of Twilight Zone I saw 30 years ago. Maybe? The ending brought the movie from approx 6/10 down to 3/10. They planned this prank so meticulously and yet they didn't think about having someone else than the main antagonist doing the big reveal? Perhaps one of his best friends would have been a better choice. Up until the end the movie was quite alright, an ok hostel rip off with a bit of social media thrown in there. And it is totally their fault that he kills him. At least fifteen people just stands watching while their best friend is in the process of killing an innocent guy. He kills him all while his friends, whose deaths were just part of a big ruse to prank the main character, just stands there watching with their mouths open. At the end the main character thinks all his friends have been killed by a sadistic gang so when he runs into the boss of that gang he batters him, naturally.
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