American siblings; Alex & his younger teenage sister Bea along with their close friend Amy are backpacking through Brazil, meeting up with fellow similar companions; Brit mates; Finn & Liam, together with Australian traveler Pru on a cross country bus. Bearly surviving after it crashes and now all thrown in together. Further mishaps occur due to becoming stranded by so-called 'friendly locals' some of whom have deprived them of all their belongings & processions! Searching for any sympathetic police, they meet familiar face Kiko, who offers leading them to sanctuary. But upon finally reaching this supposed safe haven Amy soon vanishes, it's only then they discover far too late their saviors offering shelter are operators of a black market specializing in running human organs seeking unwilling donors to benefit their misfortune countrymen. In their captor's eyes; foreigners have come into Brazil raping their precious lands of its rubber, sugar, gold, even using its people as throw away sexual playthings. For this exploiting of their country, our backpackers are now set to go under the surgeon's scalpel, courtesy of Zamora, Brazil's answer to doctor giggles.
Not a bad movie but too reminicent of Hostel. Also the underwater chase scene shot The Descent style ran a little long. The movie started out good, but in the final act it just didn't balance the rest of the film (which is a shame because I really enjoyed the first half).
