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The Ruins

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Contributor	Jonathan Tucker
Language	English
Runtime	1 hour and 30 minutes

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Genre: Horror
Rating: R
Release Date: 8-JUL-2008
Media Type: DVD

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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

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MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 Ounces
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Subtitled, Multiple Formats, AC-3, Dolby, NTSC, Dubbed, Color, Widescreen
Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 30 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ July 8, 2008
Actors ‏ : ‎ Jonathan Tucker
Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ French, Spanish
Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English, French, Spanish
Studio ‏ : ‎ Paramount
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0013FZUQA
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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adam

The book was great, the movie wasn't far off

Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2022

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There are plenty of differences between the book and movie, but, the movie is on a budget and limited with time. Character traits and the impacts different characters have may have played musical chairs with the movie characters, but I think it still worked just fine given the time constraint.

And sure, watching only the movie might make people upset about how cheesy it seems and how dumb the characters may seem. But, I'd argue that the average person is still dumber than the people in these movies.

The plant in the book is much more menacing and the things they go through in the book is much tougher than what they deal with in the movie.

My only real complaints about the movie is the ending. I'm sure all of them dying at the end was the original but got changed after poor initial audience reception. They should've all died at the end to keep true with the book ending. If anything, it teaches the valuable lesson that no matter what, life isn't fair. Amy escaping and bringing the plant with her to potentially kill of the rest of the world is just stupid. The other complaint I have is that neither the book or the movie gives a good explanation on where the plant came from and how the Mayans were able to contain it in the first place.

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ENSI GENXYDE

Botanical Horror...

Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2023

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A really neat movie about some isolated vines in an abandoned mexican pyramid, that's left off tourist maps.
The vines can even mimic human sounds, making them more luring for victims, and they infect into people internally for feeding...
And to make it all worse, there's a group of people there that gaurd the place somewhat loosely, and once you step on it, they wont leave due to infection.

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Ryan

A Movie About Ruins.....

Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2009

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I wouldn't blame you if you labeled The Ruins as yet another Hostel, Cabin Fever, Turistas clone. Good looking white Americans acting like jerks in a foreign land get brutality murdered/eaten alive. Judging from the trailers, that's exactly what The Ruins looks like....
Well, ok, they are good looking white kids in a foreign country, but they're not jerks and I can honestly say that they do not deserve what happens to them in this film.
The Ruins is actually based on a quite popular book that I never heard of until after I saw the movie. From what I hear, it's a fairly accurate adaptation (it should be, the same author wrote the book and screen play). Since I never read the book, this mini review will be based on the movie only. Bottom line, I really liked it.
2 couples are vacationing in Mexico (I think Cancun). They meet some other people and become friendly. They go on a hike to an uncharted Mayan ruin. Up until that point, it's a fairly enjoyable teen movie like any others....drinking, sex, a little nudity (wish there was more of that!). When they reach the ruins though, the s*** hits the fan....HARD CORE. Without spoiling too much, let's just say that the friends can't leave the ruins now. This is where the movie becomes a sort of Cabin Fever type movie, where they are all trapped and forced to deal with something they never thought possible. What elevates this movie from others like it is the acting and smart writing. I won't say who dies, who lives, or anything like that, but I honestly cared about the characters here and didn't want any of them to suffer the fate that many/some/all/none (heehee) received. I actually found it sad when something bad would happen to one of them. Normally, when I'm watching Hostel or Saw types, I just want to see how the next person dies.... Here I was actively hoping none of them would.
This is labeled a horror film, but it's not really scary. It's got more than its fair share of "make you squirm" moments, and it definitely can fill you with the "what the F now" kind of tension. But it's not a cheap scare movie. I guess it's more of a Misery type horror movie.
I'd recommend this movie to anyone who enjoys Hostel/Turistas type movies, but wants something that steps it up in the story and acting department. It's certainly way better than what the Saw series has become. There is one thing in the movie that I can see some people not going for...again, I don't want to spoil the plot, but it's one of those things that you either go with it, or you don't. I went with it, and I had a great time with the movie.

One problem with the Unrated version though....the ending is different. I greatly prefer the ending of the theatrical version

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Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2021

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Good! Good. I liked the book, and I liked this too. In the book it's clearer, the American motives of these raised-with-popcorn-and-TV kids coming up against the ineffable and the Ancient -- the guy who seems like a Boy Scout really *was*ba Boy Scout, he knows knots and stuff; the backstories of the two best friends, like sisters, go back into the horizon, with overlapping issues and foibles and stuff (it's not for nothing that Stephen King called it "the best new horror novel of the century," and I, not plunging into horror as I used to, nonetheless would have to *agree*) -- but I thought adequate solutions were found for adapting it to a movie, a kind of shorthand, and the music and the milieu and the acting were good.

The gross stuff wasn't too gross, either -- the camera cuts away when it could get to be too much, and the filmmakers know the difference between rubbing your face in it and letting you off easy (a rare distinction!).

They don't let you off easy.

One of Jena Malone's best!

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Brian Conley

Not sure what to say on this one!!!

Reviewed in Canada on January 9, 2019

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Suppose to be NEW but it wasn't shrink wrapped and it had a what looks like a price sticker taken off and taken off worse then I'd have taken it off...It had a stamp for 1.80 on it yet I got charged 3.49 for shipping...|I'm watching the movie as I type this to see if it's ok...I'd love to get a couple other movies Like Unfriended and Dusk till Dawn with George Clooney but not sure if they have it and will it be new or what looks like by the packaging....Used...Only thing at this point I can't complain about is the 4.99 I paid for the original price...Like my headline says...Not sure what to say on this one....I'm not even going to knock the hand written name and address in black marker and it came in three days so delivery time was Great!!! Sorry JM Video Show Place but when something says NEW I expect it to come like other NEW movies I've gotten from other sellers....Shrink wrapped and sealed case and NO price sticker removed...And let down a bit when i see a 1.80 stamp and pay almost twice that for delivery...Movie is playing good so far...

Mr. Stephen Kennedy

Tense and somewhat gory thriller that might grow on you..

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 27, 2010

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There's plenty here we've seen before - young good looking American 20-somethings with horrible things happening to them, and we the audience wondering which if any will survive. However, it's done in such a way as to adequately build some genuine tension, and along the way build some characters which may not be exactly likeable, but are at least believable. At least we start to care oif they survive, which makes this a cut above many of this ilk. In this movie, they naively take a detour from their beach `n' booze vacation to explore some Mayan ruins which mysteriously do not appear on any of the maps. When they arrive at the vegetation covered ruins, they find themselves quarantined by some particularly belligerent natives, and things quickly deteriorate as they begin to realise the natives have good reason to be afraid of the Ruins, and of never letting a soul leave alive.
The director does not overplay the gore (even though it IS in places gory) and it plays for the most part as a survival pic. If the movie is in genre terms routine, it has some plusses.. the little known cast do a decent job, and the maguffin they are scared of is kind of a neat idea, even if somewhat stretching the realms of believability. The scenes that work best are the claustrophobic scenes with the relationships between the friends believably unravelling as the threat and tension mounts. If the horror element is too tame for horror fans, but a little strong for a more mainstream audience, the sugar that makes the pill go down is when you take this as a character piece.. that's when it works best.
Somewhat of an oddity then, this is not without merit... if you've seen the trailer though, you probably know most of what happens. Worth a rent.

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king kong

the ruins

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 25, 2011

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To me this a refreshing new approach to the horror genre.Several young people holidaying are offered a trip to a Mayan temple deep in the jungle.What appears to be a sight seeing adventure turns into something far worse-there are trailing vines coming out of the darkness that either strangle you or make their way into your body.The vines also have the ability to mimic everything they hear.There are severed limbs in the course of the story because the young people try to save their infected friends plus the fact that they cannot escape down the steps to the base of the pyramid on account of a race of Mexican assassins camped on the edge of the jungle.I found the plotline quite gripping and you wonder how they are going to escape this terrible situation-I wont reveal the ending but I liked the twist as it wasnt something I expected.The bluray version is a superb one bright clean colours and a sharp print much better than the DVD version I bought previously.Highly recommended.

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Seraph

Good horror film about plant food!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 2, 2013

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I watched this on TV years ago so, when I saw it on Amazon, I knew what I was getting, and it doesn't disappoint.

Horror films set in Mexico tend to be tough, nasty and a mite unusual. This concerns some holidaymakers who drive out to an Aztec pyramid only to find the archaologists gone, a few new skeletons in the temple below, lots of vines with pretty red flowers and a village army of mexicans who are only concerned with quarentine.

You guessed it. The plants like human flesh, can mimic human vocals and are intelliigent but cannot spread beyond the pyramid unless the locals let a seeded human escape.

There is nothing supernatural here, but the plants and their keepers are far more lethal than ghosts, so the plant food doesn't last long.

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Jetjet

Edition BLURAY Zone FREE !

Reviewed in France on July 4, 2013

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Vu qu'Amazon mélange tous les commentaires, il est peut être de bon aloi de faire remarquer que ce disque Blu Ray inédit par nos contrées propose sous titres français sur le film et l'ensemble des bonus et qu'il s'agit de la version UNRATED rajoutant quelques scènes pas forcément indispensables mais utiles pour la compréhension globale de l'ambiance et surtout le montage tel qu'il aurait du sortir au cinéma si ces messieurs les producteurs étaient un poil moins rigides.

Ajoutez à cela une belle image, des bonus courts mais pas désagréables (fins alternatives et commentaire audio) et vous obtenez un film surprenant qui me donne envie de lire le bouquin dont il est issu et qui serait encore bien plus barré.

En tous cas je ne regrette pas cet achat.

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