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Turistas (2006)
Topic Started: May 1 2013, 12:26 AM (659 Views)
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A group of young backpackers' vacation turns sour when a bus accident leaves them marooned in a remote Brazilian rural area that holds an ominous secret.
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The characters were really unlikable in this, but I did like that the movie would just take a break to look at some pretty scenery. It's one of the few movies like this that I feel was actually okayed by the tourism board of the country it's about.
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It's been a long time since I've seen this, but I remember thinking it was alright. Nothing special though. :P


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I remember everyone blamming this and calling it a Hostel rip off, which in some cases it really could be. But this has a great cast that warrants at least a try. The only thing is, this really could have used a few more decent kills. There's hardly any, which isn't surprising being a PG-13 flick with an R rated premise.
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I remember everyone blamming this and calling it a Hostel rip off, which in some cases it really could be. But this has a great cast that warrants at least a try. The only thing is, this really could have used a few more decent kills. There's hardly any, which isn't surprising being a PG-13 flick with an R rated premise.
I'm surprised to hear it was only PG-13. From memory, I thought it was more violent than that.


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It was R. I had to double-check, because I thought the surgery scene was pushing the amount of gore they could get away with a PG-13.
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This movie ain't bad.

That's all I have to say on it.
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Overall this was a pretty disappointing effort without too many positive points. What really hurts this one is the fact that there's just nothing happening here for such a long period of time that it's really troubling for the most part. While it's nice to have the crash that strands the group being so early in here, there's still a ton of time spent here waiting around trying to decide to do something, followed up by a rather lengthy hike through the jungle where all they do is simply complain about the backwards customs in the country or try to strike up a relationship with each other that really becomes quite tedious as this goes along, and with the rather extended amount of time partying the first half is really just so bland and uninteresting that even while providing some nice eye-candy and setting up the mystery nothing much happens. The treks through the jungle are even more tedious of seeing everyone marching along in single file line through the admittedly lush jungles in a seemingly endless series of legs trudging along while every minute is taken up with the gang arguing with each other or complaining about the trip, and this causes the film to be so long and boring for the first hour here. Frankly, none of this is even remotely horror- related and causes this to take until the hour mark until it goes for horror, and that's not in the slightest bit interesting to take this long to get interesting. That is where the film really gets going as the slowly-dawning mystery being built in the first half gets paid off nicely here in the compound in a pretty brutal and graphic surgery scene to remove the one victims' organs which is easily the highlight here for the uneasiness it features as well as the cruelty for which it gives in the rationale for everything here. Even better is the escape here with the nice manner of how they get away as well as the generally enjoyable chases through the jungle using the native habitat and some rather clever tactics to help get away including a fantastic suspense scene of utilizing the secret underwater cave-system to get to safety. However, even that has problems, running for far too long by repeating useless scenes of everyone continually popping up for air and being so dark to being with the suspense is long gone by the time this finally resolves itself in a cliché, unconvincing manner. It's part of the reason for why this one is knocked down as much as it is.
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It been while I have seen this one , I think It at time

But I will be giving this movie re watch tonight!
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Bland and forgettable Hostel ripoff
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Puppy, just because there's no evidence she killed her aunt doesn't make her dating material.


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Indeed. Being one of the better versions of a bland enough style to begin with doesn't make the film special, it makes it pretty bland overall.
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Some people are like slinkies: not good for anything, but you can't help but laugh when one falls down the stairs.

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