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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1Audience Rating: Unrated Binding: Blu-ray EAN: 0097361386041 Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen Label: Paramount Languages: Manufacturer: Paramount MPN: BR138604 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Paramount Region Code: 1 Release Date: July 08, 2008 Running Time: 93 minutes Studio: Paramount Theatrical Release Date: April 04, 2008 Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Whether you consider plants a source of terror or not will ultimately determine how you feel about the grisly horror movie The Ruins, but director Carter Smith and his cast and crew certainly give their all in bringing the chills of Scott Smith's novel to the big screen. Jena Malone (Saved) and Shawn Ashmore (the X-Men franchise) are the name actors in a pair of American couples down Mexico way who are ambushed by hostile Mayans and forced to the top of an ancient temple, where a monstrous and diabolically clever entity awaits them. Director Smith and his talented crew (which includes cinematographer Darius Khondji of Se7en fame and composer Graeme Revell) create a visually impressive spookshow but can't quite deliver genuine suspense (gore, however, is handled capably), and Scott Smith's script boils away much of the character development and mounting terror in his book, which also strands the likeable cast. The movie's monster, so alarming and imaginative in the original novel, is likely to provoke as many laughs as screams from filmgoers, especially when it reveals its unique talent. -- Paul Gaita Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Never really got under my skin ...Well it was at least a cool idea...ancient Mayan ruins are a great pretext/setting for a movie, and the story had potential. Unfortunately the decent build-up thruout the movie fizzled out once you find the vegetation is pretty much the gist of the horror. I wonder who decided to give the flower buds the ability to mimic speech? That was a sorta neato thing, but the fact that they only cried out certain phrases and the vines only moved at certain 'high drama' parts of the movie, made the whole fiasco ... Read More Rating:  - YES, this movie is in RUINS.I've not read the book this film was based on. Despite that, I still find this movie delivers no suspense nor thrilling. There are a couple of scary scenes. For example, it's the scene where one of the girls cut off the flesh from her leg to get rid of the plants that had eaten it way into her body. The acting is below par. I do not feel sympathetic for the characters. The worse thing is the special effects. The devilish plants look fake. It's a typical bad B movie. I am glad my friend rented ... Read More Rating: - Waste of Time and MoneyI have long accepted the fact that horror movies will almost never receive the best film award. But we still keep watching them because there is a certain entertainment value. We like the suspense, the horror, the shock and the surprises. This movie has none of it. The acting is bad. The story is bad. The "monster" is laughable (can anyone say Little Shop of Horrors?). The entire feeling of the movie is as if someone was under a two hour deadline to come up with and write a story. It was very entry level. Sorry, ... Read More Rating: - What would have made this movie better!The reviews have it, this film is crap. Seems that maybe if the kids in this movie had the amount of warnings posted by reviewers (stay away the film it's crap) then maybe we would not have another movie about stupid kids being preyed upon by some sort of unworldly killer. Recycle, recycle, recycle, the same boring elements and add killer plants instead of redneck mutants, evil doctors, local natives (although the film had a few), or someone taunted as a child now seeking revenge. The characters are so stupid ... Read More Rating: - Sincere acting keeps this movie from tankinglets face it, killer vegatation isn't high on the list of most horrifying things that can kill you. But, this cast manages to keep a straight face. Not great but not terrible either. Mild chills, nothing that will keep you awake though. Enjoy. |
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