Springbreakers is a gritty crime thriller about four
college girls (Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez, Ashley Benson and Rachel Korine) who
are so desperate to get away on vacation that they rob a bank in order to
afford the trip.
Their holiday doesn’t get off to the best of starts,
as their reckless behaviour sees them thrown into jail. Suspiciously enough,
the sleazy and reckless hustler Alien (James Franco) is quick to bail them out
– but what would prompt such a kind act?
The tough thug wants the teens to get involved with
his thieving schemes, so it is clear that they haven’t got off that easily.
Soon enough the girls are drawn into his fast-paced, lavish lifestyle, but they
soon discover the downfalls of living on the wild side when things start to go
wrong.
This film seems to be a whole lot of nothing, yet at
the same time, it seems to include everything. To elaborate, there doesn’t seem
to be much of a plot, as the story is so disjointed, yet it fits in so much
drama – threesomes, murder, robbery, drugs – the works.
What is really weird is seeing Vanessa Hudgens and
Selena Gomez acting so wild! Usually seeing them as overly sweet and innocent
goody-two-shoes makes it so shocking to see them in such a dark and overtly
sexual light. I guess it shows their versatility as actresses, but still – so weird.
Conclusion: Literally just full of booze, sex, drugs
and guns. The repetition is quite annoying and they definitely say “Spring
Break” far too much, but get past this and it makes for a pretty decent watch.
You HAVE to check out James Franco’s new look – he doesn’t appear quite so hot,
unfortunately, but he acts out the sleaze ball really well. Overall, there’s
plenty of nudity and action, but not much narrative, sadly.
By
Hannah Montgomery
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