Inevitably,
they run afoul of the local authorities in a corruption scheme that defies all
logic. But no logic is needed here.
I
wish I could say that I just enjoyed the scenery, or spending time with the
girls, but it is not possible. Everything is plastered over with them whining
about who gets the young, handsome, australian drug wholesaler, and later,
about who gets the blame for their problems, and how they want their
freeeeeeedom, because they are Ameeeeeeericans.
Towards the
end, in a totally fathomless excursion, they break out of jail, courtesy of a
wonderbra. Not only is the "escape" pointless and painful to watch,
but the delivery of the bra (in a fancy gift bag no less) is accomplished by
three people that are themselves teens.
Lou Diamond Phillips gives an excruciatingly bad performance as an unhelpful
embassy employee who either can't be bothered or is in it up to his eyeballs.
They never bother to say which it is. I like Phillips, so it must be the
writing.
Like Oz,
people come and go so quickly here there is no time to breathe, take stock of
them, or understand how they fit into the picture. And they really don't.
People are manufactured out of whole cloth - especially at the end when
"The Crown" unexpectedly expedites the "bad" girl's
expiation at the exhortations of the expatriate.
It's no Midnight Express.
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Amusing Sidebar of Pointless
Questions
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From their
tagline:
What is your dream? How far would you go?
Who could you trust?
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- How does a teen get a passport and travel
out of the country without Dad knowing?
- Did they not take them to the airport?
- Were there to be no calls home?
- Did the parents not ask where they were
staying?
- Where did Alice get marijuana in
prison?
- Why was she not busted for that?
- What happened to the girl that was screwing
them up in jail?
- Would the wonderbra package not be
inspected by greedy guards?
- How, given the circumstances, could the
three bra smugglers make it to Thailand without adult supervision?
- Afford it? Without embassy support? Where did Darlene's Dad go?
- What happened to all of the letters she
wrote to the President?
- Wouldn't Bill help some poor teen druggy
out of the goodness of his heart?
- What is the timeline for this
"story"?
- Who played Alice's dad?
- Why get Yankee Hank involved again if he is
not going to come through in the end?
- Why doesn't he just bribe the damned
official?
- Why hunt for the druggie in the film if you
are not going to find him?
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All in all, who
cares?
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