Monday, August 13, 2012

X: NIGHT OF VENGEANCE

     VIVA BIANCA   HANNA MANGAN LAWRENCE

SHAY (LAWRENCE) HAS RUN AWAY FROM HOME AND ENDS UP ON THE STREETS OF SYDNEY AUSTRALIA.  ONCE THERE, SHE TRIES TO BECOME A CALL GIRL, BUT THINGS JUST GO FROM BAD TO WORSE.  MEANWHILE, VETERAN HOOKER HOLLY (BIANCA) IS PLANNING TO RETIRE.  SHE HAS ONE LAST JOB BUT NEEDS A SECOND GIRL.  BY CHANCE SHE RUNS INTO SHAY ON THE STREET AND HIRES HER.  WHILE IN THE JOHN'S ROOM, SHAY AND HOLLY SEE HIM GET KILLED, AND THE REST OF THE MOVIE IS THE KILLER CHASING AFTER THE TWO GIRLS.
FIRST, BE AWARE THAT THIS IS AN ADULT MOVIE: IT IS VERY OPEN AND STRAIGHT FORWARD IN ITS DEPICTION OF THE SEEDY SIDE OF SEX-ON-THE-STREET LIFE.  BASICALLY, IT IS A CHASE MOVIE THROUGH THE STREETS OF SYDNEY.  THERE IS VERY LITTLE CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT, ALTHOUGH WE DO GET A LITTLE BACKGROUND INFO ON BOTH SHAY AND HOLLY.  ALSO, WE GET NO REASONS AS TO WHY THE JOHN WAS KILLED OR HOW THE KILLER IS INVOLVED.
THE ACTION WAS GOOD AND THE DIRECTION KEEPS THE MOVIE FLOWING, SOMETIMES FAST AND THEN AT TIMES A LITTLE SLOWER, BUT NOT TO THE POINT OF STOPPING THE MOVIE.  THE ACTING WAS GOOD, ALTHOUGH SHAY, AT ONLY 17, SEEMED A LITTLE TOO COMFORTABLE ON THE STREETS. 
THERE ARE SOME GOOD AND INTERESTING FILMS COMING OUT OF AUSTRALIA, AND THIS MOVIE WOULD BE ONE OF THEM.  YOU SHOULD CHECK IT OUT.
RATING  3 out of 5

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