The Real Cancun

By Kim Krichbaum

What happens when you put 16 hot and horny people in a house with as much alcohol as they can get down their throats? “The Real Cancun” happens.

The creators behind the hit show “The Real World” have taken their love for reality television to the next level. Mary-Ellis Bunim and Jonathan Murray sent 16 college students to stay in an awesome beach house for a whole week, with only one catch: they will be filmed for the whole 168 hours.

“The Real Cancun” is exactly what could be expected from Bunim and Murray. Should it be surprising that they crunched down those 168 hours and gave the audience the best 90 minutes of drinking and sex and talk about drinking and sex?

Now, if all you are expecting from this movie is a whole bunch of naked college girls, think again before running out to see this. There is nudity, but not very much. There is a wet T-shirt contest that cast members “The Twins” enter that gets pretty racy, but that is the most skin you’ll see.

There is of course a sex scene in the movie – the movie wouldn’t be complete without one. But don’t get too excited, there are sheets covering the couple; that doesn’t mean you can’t hear all that comes out of the couple’s mouths.

The cast breaks down exactly the way a cast on “The Real World” would. There are a few pretty boys and girls without that much intelligence. There’s the normal boy and girl who can put a few sentences together and make the show believable. Then there are the eccentric members who are guaranteed to cause as much drama as possible. This movie has a perfect blend of diversity. The entire cast comes together for the common goal of getting as drunk as possible and doing crazy things.

All 16 cast members prove to be established partiers. All except the good boy named Alan, who wears his “Drew Carey” eyeglasses. He tells everyone he’s never had a drink in his life. Of course that does not last long when he learns what a body shot is. After one drink, the pure-and-innocent country boy yells, “I wanna see some boobies!”

Now we all know the main consequence of partying is known as the all-dreaded hangover. Hangovers don’t happen to this cast. These kids would down bottles of vodka and party all night and the next day they were ready to do it all over again. Where are all the terrible pounding headaches, the horrible day after cotton mouth and the endless puking? Guess stuff like that doesn’t happen in “The Real World.”

If you go expecting a real movie, something of substance and meaning then you will be disappointed. There is no mentally challenging plot twists, nothing that will make you jump out of your seat. Just a whole lot of boozing and hook ups.

The movie is nothing more than an extra-long episode of “The Real World,” only with lots of cussing and naked people. You cannot help but laugh at the cast and their drunken antics. One thing is for sure though, after walking out of the theater you will have an undying temptation to get a drink.KRT direct photo

“The Real Cancun”is just what you would expect: lots of drunken college students, just without as much nudity.