Director: Carter Smith
Genre: Horror/
Thriller/ Adventure
Runtime: 90
minutes
Year:
2008
Starring: Shawn
Ashmore, Jena Malone, Jonathan Tucker, Laura Ramsey, Joe Anderson
Description: A leisurely
Mexican holiday takes a turn for the worse when a group of friends and a fellow
tourist embark on a remote archaeological dig in the jungle, where something
evil lives among the ruins.
I WATCHED THIS MOVIE FOR MY 2024 MOVIE CHALLENGE.
WEEK 6: A FILM BASED ON A BOOK
Review: “The Ruins” is based on the book by author Scott B Smith. Two girlfriends,
Amy and Stacy, are vacationing in Mexico with their boyfriends Jeff and Eric.
Relaxing by the pool, sunbathing and drinking cocktail; heaven on earth. To end
the last say still somewhat active, they decide to tag along with a German tourist,
whose brother is working at an archaeologic ruin. This tendril-covered pyramid
from the Mayan civilization is not on any tourist maps. But they are in for one
last adventure before flying back home.
Because four young friends
vacationing before ending up in the slaughterhouse is not terribly original, a
solution has been found. The intro is pretty quick and very early on in the
movie, the end up at the ruins. And that is where the movie really begins.
While there, the sense of
adventure is silently replaced by claustrophobia. Fear of leaving the ruin,
fear of staying there as well. Things gets creepy and bloody and the film is a
lot more surprising and original as you might expect.
The characters aren’t that
fleshed out though. This is not because of the actors, because they are
convincing enough. But the dialogues are a but wooden and the characters lack
background information. Jeff is the only one we get to know a bit better, but
it’s still more on the surface.
Besides this, “The Ruins” is
a pretty good horror movie, scary enough and it has just the right length. I
enjoyed it.
Rating: 3,5
/ 5
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