A pair of American tourists working to support their travels contend with rampant misogyny and sexual aggression from hostile patrons at a remote Australian bar. The Royal Hotel makes less sense with each passing minute. The young women, supposedly best friends who look out for each other, have radically different views of an obviously dangerous situation. Self-preservation becomes a point of contention when it shouldn't. I didn't buy the premise or their reactions. The film has decent thriller moments but is entirely unbelievable. It also generalizes Aussie men as dangerous, sexist perverts and drunken louts.
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