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I FIND THE MAIN CONCEPT TO BE BORDERLINE UNREALISTIC!

posted 8 years ago by drummsteven23
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Maybe it is just me, but I have a hard time believing that people would pay $5,000-25,000 (in 2005 nonetheless) just so that they can torture somebody who they don´t even know (or barely know) to death. I just have a hard time believing that there are a significant number of people who would do this, to such an extent that it could support a thriving business. I mean that is the price of a car for Pete´s sake. Also, even if a business like this could survive or thrive I can´t imagine that it would last that long before it was busted by law enforcement. Of course maybe in Slovakia law enforcement is very corrupt and can be bribed. After being in Slovakia´s sister country the Czech Republic in 1999 I could definitely believe that.

Does anybody else think that the main concept for this film is pretty unrealistic?

[–] ShogunofYonkers (73058) 6 years ago

We know for a fact that there are kidnapping rings that abduct young women and sell them into the sex trade...a very small number of people out there are psychotic monsters so i guess its possible something like this exists somewhere

[–] myystk (368) 5 years ago

people are sick. I believe 200% that this happens. i see so many stories about child abuse/animal abuse that I know people have this in them. if they are rich enough and have everything they want... they need more.. they would pay for this.. so many sick people out there and the people who help them do it.. $$ corrupts...