"The Real Cancun"

QUESTION: What’s worse than a Late Nite Landfill fictional film about party people spending most of their time in an inebriated state, making foolish choices, acting stupidly and having irresponsible sex?

ANSWER: A Late Nite Landfill documentary film about party people spending most of their time in an inebriated state, making foolish choices, acting stupidly and having irresponsible sex!

Remember my post last week about the Razzies? Well this film, directed by “reality” specialist Rick de Oliveira, was actually nominated by the Razzies for the prestigious honor of “Worst Movie of 2003.” If not for the existence of its competition, “Gigli,” perhaps it would have won that honor.

Maybe the programmers at ABC will pick up Oliveira’s “Road to Menudo” at some point. We can only hope...

Meanwhile, in “The Real Cancun” (take note: whenever you see the words “real” or “reality,” as in “reality TV,” you can be certain that what you’re seeing is contrived at best), MTV gives the “Real World” treatment to a group of strangers they’ve thrown together and set loose in the title’s den of iniquity during Spring Break.

Zap2it.com’s description was more concise and snappier than mine – I really can’t put it better than this:

“Sixteen teenagers and twentysomethings spend their Mexican vacation in various stages of undress and inebriation.”

With all the sexcapades both that description and the trailer allude to (reports claim real encounters were filmed with cameras strategically placed to avoid an NC-17 rating), and noting that the film will have to be edited for broadcast TV, one wonders how they expect to fill the entire 2 hour alloted time slot. Longer commercial breaks perhaps?

Among the teenagers rock ‘n rollin’ all night and partying ev-er-y day, blonde Laura Ramsey has actually gone on to an acting career, including some notable indies and a role opposite Amanda Bynes in Disney’s “She’s the Man;” although a peek at her imdb.com filmography suggests it’s mostly been Late Nite Landfill quality fare for her so far.

Watch the trailer here (WARNING: The following trailer contains adult subject matter):

visit videodetective.com for more info

Or view the entire movie this Saturday, March 1st on NYC’S WABC-TV Channel 7 at 11:35PM… if you dare!