4 students rob strangers to finance spring break, that American celebration of alcohol, sex and drugs.

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Four young women are left behind on a deserted campus; their fellow students have already left for St. Petersburg, Florida to forget reality in the haze of sex, drugs and alcohol that is spring break. It's an orgy that is not financially feasibly to everyone, so three of the adventurous teens decide to rob strangers to get enough money to live the MTV dream. But once they arrive, they are arrested and thrown in prison. Which wakes some of them up, while others find the game too enticing to stop. Out on bail paid by a creepy local criminal with a silver grill and cornrows, the lost girls are in danger of having their spring break last forever...

What starts off with enticing MTV-like clips of pulsating beats and girls gone wild in tiny bikinis, soon turns into a reflective tale of our times, and the inherent subtle descent into vulgarity and burlesque. The narrators observing the fortunes of these characters, who are invariably in a thumping, almost hypnotic free fall, calm the frenetic rhythm of this tragic vacation. Spring Breakers's strength also comes from its director, Harmony Korine, screenwriter of the legendary Kids, who chose clean Disney actresses to star as the girls who are completely corrupted by a fantasy of endless fun in the sun.