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Laid in America
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Wikipedia article
'Laid in America' is a 2016 British direct-to-video comedy film starring British and South African YouTube personalities KSI and Caspar Lee respectively. The film was written and directed by Sam Milman and Peter Vass, and was produced by The Fun Group LLC and Max Gottlieb. The film was released direct-to-video by Universal Pictures on 26 September 2016.
Plot
Two foreign exchange students Duncan and Jack adventure on their goal of getting laid in their last night in America. During Duncan's music class, he asks Tucker if they can go to his end of the year party. Tucker tells him that they must bring two hot girls to his party to get inside. Jack disapproves of this deal because he doesn't want his crush Kaylee to see him with another girl. Duncan and Jack get advice from Duncan's younger brother, Freddie (Oladeji "Deji" Olatunji), and download the Blindr app to get girls, they find a match with Amber and Violet and they meet at a restaurant 30 minutes later.
At the restaurant, Amber Meets Duncan and Jack. She buys them drinks, drugging both of them when they are not paying attention which knocks them unconscious. She kidnaps the duo and brings them to her boyfriend Goose. Goose's mother walks in on them, and he lies about them being friends. Kaylee calls Jack; unaware that Jack does not have his phone. Goose impersonates Jack and calls her a bitch. Goose takes both of his victims to an ATM. The man behind them talks trash for taking too long, and when Goose talks trash back, he is knocked out by the man. Duncan steals Goose's car and gold watch; knocking out Amber and freeing Jack. Jack is furious with Duncan for hitting Amber and not getting their phones back.
They pull over so that Jack can throw up, only for a man to come inside their car mistaking it for his Uber. He mentions he's going to "The Pleasure Palace" to have sex. Duncan wants to go to this place and are granted inside. Duncan is about to achieve his goal of getting laid until Jack walks in panicky, after being "molested" by his principal. The police shut down the Pleasure Palace while Duncan and Jack manage to escape. On their way to the party, Duncan and Jack get into an argument which ends their friendship.
Duncan is granted into the party by exchanging Goose's watch. Jack sneaks in through Tucker's bedroom window but accidentally lands on Tucker's cat, Mr. Pickles. Tucker then discovers Mr. Pickles dead while Jack is hiding. Jack finds Kaylee and attempts to talk to her, but she wants nothing to do with him because she mistakenly thinks he called her a bitch on the phone earlier. Duncan meets Digby who believes that the way to attract girls is to insult them. Jack tries to talk to Kaylee again only for Tucker to confront and push him to the ground, causing a scene. This angers Kaylee further as she wanted to handle the situation herself, but Tucker calls her a bitch and Jack angrily defends her. Tucker's friend, Topher, discovers Jack killed Mr. Pickles and shows video evidence when the latter denies it.
The party is interrupted by gunshots and Goose arrives, confronting Jack about his belongings. Tucker knocks out Goose for crashing his party. Duncan comes from behind and knocks Tucker out from smashing glass on his head. Jack and Duncan reconcile, becoming friends again. Kaylee takes Jack to Tucker's room; and trie apologize for being mean to him for something he didn't actually do. Jack expresses his feelings with a kiss, telling her he accepts her apology, and they have sex. Duncan spots Scarlett and she reveals that she is Tucker's sister. Duncan immediately apologizes, but Scarlett reveals she is not mad at Duncan for hitting him; admitting he had it coming. She offers to have sex with him because their earlier session was cut short, which he gladly accepts. Jack and Duncan get home in the morning and pack their bags so they can leave on time for their flight. The two friends part ways upon admitting their brotherly love for one another.
Cast
* Olajide Olatunji as Duncan
* Caspar Lee as Jack
* Bobby Lee as Goose
* Madison Iseman as Kaylee
* Josh Leyva as Tucker
* Angela Trimbur as Amber
* Angela Kinsey as Lisa
* Melissa Villaseor as Ms. Hopkins
* Gerry Bednob as Principal Raheem
* Syd Wilder as Scarlett
* Heather Cowles as Tabitha (Duncan BLOB)
* Gabbie Hanna as Lindsey
* Oladeji Olatunji as Freddie
* Tay Zonday as Digby
* Jason Horton as Lance
* Bart Baker as Blindr Host
Reception
Jason Best of 'Movie Talk' gave the film 1 out of 5 and called it "Crass and witless."
References
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