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Cast: Alvaro Orlando, Carson Aune, Joseph Buttler, Josh Cole, Nicole Sienna
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.
There really isn't a lot to add story wise than what is already written above because it just about covers the entire film and to say much more would only spoil what is left to see. "Stripped reminded me of cross between "Hangover" and "Hostel" with the group of friends heading to Vegas to celebrate an occasion(this one happens to be a birthday) and instead of having a good time they have their organs removed by a crazed doctor the strippers work for.
Done within the "found-footage" genre the film fails at creating any sense of real danger, suspense or evens cares. There is very little gore and the film is dialogue heavy which becomes annoying after a while. On the not so bad side the runt time is short, the acting is above average and the film does contain some nudity. But I have to be honest this is not a good film, I refuse to lay all the blame on Director, J.M.R. Luna because it's the story that lets the film down and not the direction. Listed as a comedy/horror but the film fails to be funny or scary, perhaps if they made the evil doctor a bit more menacing and actually showed some of what was happening to the poor victims the film would have been a bit more effective but instead it was pretty lame.
I try to find good in every movie I review but "Stripped" made my job pretty difficult. I did find the acting to be decent considering the material at hand which is about the only some what positive thing I can say about the film. The bottom line here is rent this one at your own risk, I can't recommend it and I gave it an extra half a star because of the cast.
Released by Inception Media Group
* 1/2 Out Of *****