Pretty Good

Let's be realistic.

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

The Plot: Holly Rowe's retiring, kissing her callgirl life goodbye. She just has to get through her last night on the job. Shay Ryan's a teenage runaway, broke and alone. She just has to get through her first night as a hooker. Then fate throws them together on a job that goes horribly wrong and they're trapped on an out-of-control roller coaster ride, through the twilight zone of sex-for-sale. X is a sizzling adults-only thriller about love, chance, escape and the oldest profession experienced by two women, on a night that will change their lives forever.This movie is silly. It's directed like one of those horrible sex flicks on cable TV late at night. Also, it's not called X in the titles. The titles use the name "EXIT" as the title of the film. I guess they thought it was more titillating to call it X...About the only thing I enjoyed was seeing the scenes of Sydney. Haven't been there in a long time....funny tho...I DO remember the hookers, but they were all trannies!!In the end, there's nothing thrilling about this film. It's rather slow and boring to be frank.

X is an Australian film about two prostitutes who witness a drug deal gone wrong. It was an okay movie, not amazing, but definitely not the worst I've ever watched. It had a somewhat predictable storyline, it didn't seem that well written to be honest. It was one of those movies where at the end you sort of feel slightly empty and leaves you questioning, was that it? I'd recommend this movie as a last resort if you have nothing else to watch, I certainly wouldn't be going out of your way to view it as you really will not be missing out on much at all. All in all I give it a 5 out of 10 and I think that is being generous.

When you sit down to watch a film which doesn't shy away from the fact that it's basically nothing more than soft core porn, you'd be well credulous to expect anything approaching a decent screenplay, remotely believable dialogue or convincing acting. X doesn't provide any surprises here. What you may expect however, is an oversupply of nudity and some good old fashioned sex scenes that provided all those awkward moments watching 80s movies with your dad. If that's why you decided to watch this film, and let's be real, what other reason could there be, prep yourself for an 90 minutes of repeated disappointment. Now I may be completely wrong on this one, but I was under the impression that sex with a prostitute normally involves the lass taking her clothes off. Not so, for the working girls of this version of Sydney. Yet somehow, this film was captivatingly watchable. I'll put it down to brave casting decisions - a blonde, early 20 something model acting as a Sydney cabbie, and the surprising invincibility of the villain cop who seemingly laughs off bashings to the head and getting run over at speed by a Holden.Speaking of Holdens - Big ups to the special effects team, who managed to transform the single commodore from cop car, to cab, to second cop car and back to cab without anybody realizing it's the exact same car. Though you can't help wonder if some of the budget could have been diverted away from semi nude stripper extras, and toward maybe renting a hire car or two.Overall, it's like watching a lesson in how not to make a movie.

Jon Hewitt's latest drama is a confronting, hard-hitting erotic thriller set in Sydney's vice ridden King's Cross red light district. Shay (newcomer Hanna Mangan Lawrence) is a naïve 17-year old who arrives in Sydney from a small country town and quickly tries to earn a living as a street prostitute. She is taken under the wing of Holly (Viva Bianca, from TV series Spartacus, etc), a veteran high-class escort who wants to leave this world behind and start afresh. But when the pair witness a drug deal gone wrong and a brutal murder they find themselves on the run from Bennett (Stephen Phillips), a corrupt cop. Their desperate flight takes them on a frantic journey through seedy strip clubs and dingy back alleys. X is an unashamed and clichéd genre piece, and while not particularly original, it still delivers some strong action sequences. There is enough casual nudity and brutal violence here to satisfy jaded palates. Hewitt has actually filmed on location in King's Cross itself during the night, and Mark Pugh's cinematography lends a sleazy authenticity to the drama. Hewitt is a dab hand with exploitation movies and pulp dramas, and his direction is full on. Cindy Clarkson's rapid-style editing brings a kinetic energy to the material. X is familiar territory for Hewitt, whose films like Red Ball have also delved into a murky and violent world of corruption and murder. Hewitt has created a pair of strong female roles, and both Bianca and Lawrence deliver brave, physical performances.