Spring Breakers

Every year, teenagers ( and even older ones who refuse to grow old ), travel to Florida, for 58 hours of party, for the ultimate party events. I know most guys have seen a Girls Gone Wild video, and we all know what happens. We get tits, alcohol and asses, what else do you need ? Over a decade, so many spring break comedies have been released, i barely remember any titles, because most of them look exactly the same. But hold on, what if there is a darker story, behind this party weekend ? Maybe that might be more interesting ? Spring Breakers took the worlds movie critics by storm, many of them called this one of the best movie releases in a very long time. With James Franco on board, and the Musical High Scoll girl Vanessa Hudgens goes wild, what else can we ask for ? Is Spring Breakers as good as people say, or is this way too much of a teen party to care for ?

Life is boring, in fact life sucks so bad, there is only one reason to live for something, Spring Break. Childhood friends Faith ( Selena Gomez ),  Candy ( Vanessa Hudgens ), Brittany ( Ashley Benson ) and Cotty ( Rachel Korine ) plans on going to Spring Break. While short on cash they decide to rob a café, to get enough money for the journey. The robbery turns out succesfull, and the girls are now on the way to the ultimate party place. While the girls party hard, everything goes terribly wrong. While behaving outrageous, the young girls are arrested. Suddenly they are bailed out by a man called Alien ( James Franco ). He have noticed the girls , and offer them to stay at his mansion. Faith becomes uncomfortable with the lifestyle Alien lives, and decide to leave. She tries to get the other girls to go with her, but they want to stay. The girls are offered to help Alien do criminal jobs, to make more money. Since the girls needs more money, they don´t say no to more cash. At a strip club, Alien meets his biggest enemy Big Arch ( Gucci Mane ). Archie warns Alien to stop Selling drugs in his territory, but Alien does not take the threat seriously. Archie orders a drive by shooting on Aliens car, where Cotty is shot in the arm. Cotty have had enough of this, and decide to go home. Candy and Brittany decide to stay and revenge Big Arch. But their plan is not as easy as it seems.

The bright colors, the intense scenes, the top quality acting, there are so many good things to say about Spring Breakers. It´s a ride straight to hell, where everyone lives for today, and nothing else matters. James Franco delivers a character, who never will grow up, but lives on to party and get cash, that he never seems to realise he should stop, and see a different lifestyle. Director Harmony Korine, who mostly directed short films earlier, takes us straight inside the mad world of Spring Break, with his own vision and style. And i have to say, he does a splendid job on capturing the feeling of Spring Break, with a much more darker tone than we are used to see. All these young girls so vulnerable, and they have no idea how bad things can go. It´s the realism captured on screen that gets more interesting, while you travel on this journey between party´s and criminality. The young girls act really well, and really capture the look of Spring Break. Who would have thought Vanessa Hudgens could act this good ? Spring Breakers is a blast, not just because of the delightful screenplay, but so many clever details are delivered along this journey. And the colors, i just love all the wonderful colors that Spring Breakers shine throughout the movie. If you thought the parties at American Pie were wild, you really need to see over this side. Trust me, no party will go as wild as this one, for a long time.

Rating: DDDD