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The Ruins - quick review

post #1 of 6
4/5/08 at 6:29pm
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2 young couples, Jeff (Jonathan Tucker) and Amy (Jena Malone), Eric (Shawn Ashmore) and Stacy(Laura Ramsey) on vacation in Mexico are invited by a European, Mattias (Joe Anderson), to explore uncharted Mayan ruins and catch up with Mattias' brother. What happens to the group when they find a Mayan temple is strange, and horrific.

The film is paced pretty well, there's just enough character introduction to become somewhat vested in the fates of the young couples and their European "tour guide". The scares don't rely on the "Boo!" cliches of the horror genre, but simply allows the situations to unravel and the characters must make terrible choices just to give themselves a chance to survive their predicament.

If you enjoy the horror genre, it's a good matinee selection.

I give it 2.75 stars, or a grade of B-.
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post #2 of 6
4/5/08 at 8:20pm

Re: The Ruins - quick review

Very suspenseful, well written/shot/acted. A very pleasant surprise following the terribly lackluster trailers. While completely different, but I was reminded of The Descent, still trying to figure out why...
Anyway, best horror of the year.

I am in the *** to ***.5 range.
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post #3 of 6
4/7/08 at 5:07am

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If this is the best horror movie of the year then I'm glad the year is still relatively young.

This was pretty much your standard horror flick. I didn't read the book but it seems like there could have bee so much more here. Just because people are talking to each other doesn't mean that there is character development. I wasn't invested in these people at all.
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post #4 of 6
6/2/09 at 10:36am

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So I was sitting home the other night and this was on. I missed the very beginning and some of the middle. But, I understand why the natives keep salt around the temple to keep the plant at bay. But, why don't they just burn the place or drop weed-b-gone on the place??

And on a side note. I almost didn't recognize Shawn Ashmore.
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post #5 of 6
6/2/09 at 6:47pm

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I actually thought this one was pretty good. Started out ehh but got better as it went:

The Ruins: Unrated (2008)
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post #6 of 6
6/3/09 at 10:14am

Re: The Ruins - quick review

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Originally Posted by todd s
So I was sitting home the other night and this was on. I missed the very beginning and some of the middle. But, I understand why the natives keep salt around the temple to keep the plant at bay. But, why don't they just burn the place or drop weed-b-gone on the place??

And on a side note. I almost didn't recognize Shawn Ashmore.
I assumed that it was because the pyramid is so infested with the plant, inside and out, that it would be nearly impossible to eradicate. So they've decided on containment instead (hence why no one is allowed to leave once arriving at the pyramid, since the plant can easily hitch a ride).

I read the book, too, but don't recall if there was a better explanation.
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