Quartile rating: 5/10 · 1 rating
In Black Death era Tuscany, as in the Decameron, ten young Florentines take refuge from the plague. But instead of telling stories, they have lusty adventures, bawdy exchanges, romance, swordplay, randy nuns, Saracen pirates, and a sexy cow.
Virgin Territory is a lightweight sex comedy loosely inspired by Boccaccio's Decameron, set against the picturesque Tuscan backdrop of the Black Death. The plot is thin and episodic, stringing together bawdy vignettes without much narrative cohesion or dramatic stakes. Acting is serviceable but unremarkable, with a young cast (including Hayden Christensen and Mischa Barton) delivering largely superficial performances. The Tuscan cinematography provides some visual appeal, making decent use of the Italian locations. Novelty is limited — while the Decameron setting has some inherent interest, the execution is formulaic sex-comedy territory, recycling well-worn genre tropes without a distinctive voice. The ending resolves matters tidily but without any particular wit or satisfaction, typical of the film's general mediocrity.