The Ruins (Unrated Edition)
by Carter Smith
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Actor: Jena Malone, Joe Anderson, Jonathan Tucker, Laura Ramsey, Shawn AshmoreDirector: Carter Smith
Brand: PARAMOUNT PICTURES
Producer: Ben Stiller
Producer: Chris Bender
Producer: Gary Barber
Producer: Jeremy Kramer
Producer: Roger Birnbaum
Producer: Stuart Cornfeld
Writer: Scott B. Smith
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 90 minutes
Published: 2008-07-01
DVD Release Date: 2008-07-08
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Dreamworks Video
Movie Reviews of The Ruins (Unrated Edition)
Movie Review: The Ultimate In 'Plant-Horror', And Surprisingly Believable
Summary: 5 Stars
A group of vacationers coming across a recently discovered ancient Mayan temple in the heart of the Mexican jungle is the basis for "The Ruins", in which long-dormant deadly plants are awakened and create the menace for what might turn out to be the best horror movie of the year. Killer plants have been used periodically in horror movies, sometimes successfully (the demonically-possessed woods in "The Evil Dead", for example), but more often not. What's more surprising than the success achieved in The Ruins is that the angle is played 'straight', with a seemingly non-supernatural origin and a level of believability that one probably wouldn't have predicted.
A group of two young couples at a Mexican resort meets and becomes friends with a German archaeologist (or it may have been an anthropologist, I can't remember) who's planning to embark the next day on a trek into the jungle to meet up with his brother and the brother's research partner, who've uncovered some old ruins. Looking to add something different to their vacation, the group joins up with their new friend and his guide and takes a jeep into the wild. At this point, no one in the party has any reason to suspect that the ruins are anything more than what they seem to be - an interesting find of ancient buildings out in the jungle. Upon arriving at their destination though, things soon change.
Once inside the clearing, they're surrounded by jungle-dwelling locals who seem terrified of the temple but who refuse to allow them to leave the clearing once they've entered it. Upon making their way into the ruins in search of the pair who was supposed to already be on-site but appear absent, the real horror begins. Something deep under the surface has awakened and is getting stronger after centuries of dormancy. The things this movie does with the plants and the ruins are just too good to give away in a write-up; suffice it to say that there are some freaky, seriously frightening things going on. Innovative, gorgeously photographed and emotionally powerful, with some cool sexy parts and occasional, highly effective moments of viciously gory carnage, it's a shame that this movie seemed to fly under a lot of people's radar. It's unquestionably one of 2008's best, and one of the year's best ensemble casts to boot. A definate horror must-see.
Summary of The Ruins (Unrated Edition)
Based on the terrifying best-seller by Scott Smith "The Ruins" follows a group of friends who become entangled in a brutal struggle for survival after visiting a remote archaeological dig in the Mexican jungle where they discover something deadly living among the ruins. "The Ruins" stars Jonathan Tucker ("Texas Chainsaw Massacre" "The Black Donnellys") Jena Malone ("Pride and Prejudice" "Donnie Darko") Shawn Ashmore ("X-Men: The Last Stand") Laura Ramsey ("She's the Man") and Joe Anderson ("Across the Universe").System Requirements:Running Time: 90 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: HORROR/MONSTERS & MUTANTS Rating: UNRATED UPC: 097361385846 Manufacturer No: 138584Similar DVD Movies
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