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Title: Turistas
Year: 2006
Director: John Stockwell
Plot: John Stockwell's thriller Turistas begins when vacationers end up stranded in a little Brazilian village after a bus accident wipes out their transportation. Although many in the group are experienced when it comes to unusual travel destinations, none of them are able to get a handle on this strange village. They soon come to realize that they are stranded somewhere with something much more dangerous than they could have imagined. Josh Duhamel, Melissa George, and Olivia Wilde co-star. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
Times Tagged: 4
Number of Lists: 6
Number of blog posts: 3
Number of discussion threads: 1
SpoutRating: 2
]]>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 02:08:48 GMTTuristas2006John Stockwell<a href="/players/P___112855/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>John Stockwell</a>'s thriller Turistas begins when vacationers end up stranded in a little Brazilian village after a bus accident wipes out their transportation. Although many in the group are experienced when it comes to unusual travel destinations, none of them are able to get a handle on this strange village. They soon come to realize that they are stranded somewhere with something much more dangerous than they could have imagined. <a href="/players/P___362749/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Josh Duhamel</a>, <a href="/players/P___235483/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Melissa George</a>, and <a href="/players/P___380519/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Olivia Wilde</a> co-star. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide4Slightly Tagged (1-5)6312http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u28676rbggh.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Turistas/264825/default.aspxFilm Spout Post: Re:Weekly Theme for February 16: Tropical Getaways http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/Re_Weekly_Theme_for_February_16_Tropical_Getaways/625/40492/1/ShowPost.aspx

Post By: leeroy711
Post To: Weekly Theme
Post Date: 2/16/2009 9:08:48 PM
Body: Well, I'll temporarily suspend my man card so I can mention Gidget Goes Hawaiian. But I'd much rather talk about those island trips that didn't turn out so well. Like Jurassic Park, Turistas, or King Kong. Also, I'm a pretty big Lost junkie. Now there's an island you probably don't want to go to.... and it doesn't look like you should leave it either.
]]>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 02:08:48 GMTleeroy711Weekly Theme2/16/2009 9:08:48 PMWell, I'll temporarily suspend my man card so I can mention Gidget Goes Hawaiian. But I'd much rather talk about those island trips that didn't turn out so well. Like Jurassic Park, Turistas, or King Kong. Also, I'm a pretty big Lost junkie. Now there's an island you probably don't want to go to.... and it doesn't look like you should leave it either. Spout Post: Chop Chop Fizz Fizz http://www.spout.com/blogs/slipofthetongue/archive/2007/12/13/22758.aspx

Post By: slipofthetongue
Post To: SlipOfTheTongue Blog
Post Date: 12/13/2007 3:08:40 AM
Body: TURISTAS is more of a wretched piece of dreck than it needs to be. The photography is somewhat polished and early on the script builds a little bit of tension but nearly every other opportunity and aspect of craft is needlessly botched. When the third act begins to unfold it is so choppy and so rushed that we feel virtually nothing while it occurs. This director offers you no opportunity to connect with anyone or to feel any genuine sense of fear. The social commentary aspect is overstated and clumsily written through expositional dialogue which brings an already lacking narrative to an even more grinding halt. Another point of frustration is just how dark the last part of the movie is. Through much of the climax you can't tell what's going on, who is killing whom...it's a mess. I just have to take a moment to say and this is not overstated...John Stockwell is a terrible director. Let's hope he has enough humility to stop making movies and never breed. Please God let none of his offspring ever go to film school.This movie is basically Hostel without any of the creeping dread, inventive gross out visuals or memorably twisted moments. Although I was initially intrigued during the first act, there is no way I could ever recommend this movie to anyone.
]]>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 08:08:40 GMTslipofthetongueSlipOfTheTongue Blog12/13/2007 3:08:40 AMTURISTAS is more of a wretched piece of dreck than it needs to be. The photography is somewhat polished and early on the script builds a little bit of tension but nearly every other opportunity and aspect of craft is needlessly botched. When the third act begins to unfold it is so choppy and so rushed that we feel virtually nothing while it occurs. This director offers you no opportunity to connect with anyone or to feel any genuine sense of fear. The social commentary aspect is overstated and clumsily written through expositional dialogue which brings an already lacking narrative to an even more grinding halt. Another point of frustration is just how dark the last part of the movie is. Through much of the climax you can't tell what's going on, who is killing whom...it's a mess. I just have to take a moment to say and this is not overstated...John Stockwell is a terrible director. Let's hope he has enough humility to stop making movies and never breed. Please God let none of his offspring ever go to film school.This movie is basically Hostel without any of the creeping dread, inventive gross out visuals or memorably twisted moments. Although I was initially intrigued during the first act, there is no way I could ever recommend this movie to anyone. Spout Post: Turistas http://www.spout.com/blogs/moviebabe/archive/2007/7/19/15383.aspx

Post By: MovieBabe
Post To: MovieBabe Blog
Post Date: 7/19/2007 11:27:00 PM
Body: By Tricia Olszewski A scalpel-wielding Robin Hood is the slasher genre’s latest bwah-ha-ha-er in Turistas, a rip-off of Eli Roth’s 2005 Hostel and an incredible bore. Director John Stockwell and debut scripter Michael Arlen Ross spend an awful lot of time on Turistas’ generic setup: A group of attractive white kids meet in a remote area of Brazil after their lead-footed bus driver nearly kills them (oh, if only). Instead of waiting 10 hours for the next bus to arrive, they wander over to a nearby isolated beach, complete with bar, and get naked there. (“Do you guys mind if I go topless?” asks a blonde who’s forgotten half of her bikini. After the boob scene, the rest of her swimwear magically appears.) Does anyone, especially a horror fan, ever really enjoy watching barely familiar characters—who you want to see get sliced—frolic in Crayola-blue oceans by day and party down by night? They drink, they make out, they dance; the next morning, the tourists wake up to discover they’d been drugged and robbed. A native they’ve befriended, Kiko (Agles Steib), offers to help by taking them on an arduous journey to Uncle Stabby’s house. Turistas is the worst kind of horror movie: Nothing’s outrageously wrong with it, but there’s very little that’s right, either. Among the blank cast members—who include Josh Duhamel and The O.C.’s limited-time lesbian, Olivia Wilde—Melissa George is the only one who doesn’t text it in, making her Australian, world-traveled, Portuguese-speaking Pru likable and sympathetic. The plot itself is a little more unbelievable than your typical bloodbath; for instance, these victims are hopelessly dumb and culturally ignorant, yet all turn out to be expert cave swimmers. The fact that they even end up opting to negotiate their way through underwater hollows is another thing altogether, but as it turns out, these are the best scenes: Stockwell previously helmed Into the Blue and Blue Crush, and he’s an ace at evoking both the gorgeousness and danger of the deep. But back to that scalpel. The killer, who’s introduced too early and already might as well have organ harvester stamped on his forehead, doesn’t make his second appearance for a looong while. Even then, the squirmiest sequence is one been-there operation, a suspense-free gutting that the Discovery Channel could put to shame.
]]>Fri, 20 Jul 2007 03:27:00 GMTMovieBabeMovieBabe Blog7/19/2007 11:27:00 PM By Tricia Olszewski A scalpel-wielding Robin Hood is the slasher genre’s latest bwah-ha-ha-er in Turistas, a rip-off of Eli Roth’s 2005 Hostel and an incredible bore. Director John Stockwell and debut scripter Michael Arlen Ross spend an awful lot of time on Turistas’ generic setup: A group of attractive white kids meet in a remote area of Brazil after their lead-footed bus driver nearly kills them (oh, if only). Instead of waiting 10 hours for the next bus to arrive, they wander over to a nearby isolated beach, complete with bar, and get naked there. (“Do you guys mind if I go topless?” asks a blonde who’s forgotten half of her bikini. After the boob scene, the rest of her swimwear magically appears.) Does anyone, especially a horror fan, ever really enjoy watching barely familiar characters—who you want to see get sliced—frolic in Crayola-blue oceans by day and party down by night? They drink, they make out, they dance; the next morning, the tourists wake up to discover they’d been drugged and robbed. A native they’ve befriended, Kiko (Agles Steib), offers to help by taking them on an arduous journey to Uncle Stabby’s house. Turistas is the worst kind of horror movie: Nothing’s outrageously wrong with it, but there’s very little that’s right, either. Among the blank cast members—who include Josh Duhamel and The O.C.’s limited-time lesbian, Olivia Wilde—Melissa George is the only one who doesn’t text it in, making her Australian, world-traveled, Portuguese-speaking Pru likable and sympathetic. The plot itself is a little more unbelievable than your typical bloodbath; for instance, these victims are hopelessly dumb and culturally ignorant, yet all turn out to be expert cave swimmers. The fact that they even end up opting to negotiate their way through underwater hollows is another thing altogether, but as it turns out, these are the best scenes: Stockwell previously helmed Into the Blue and Blue Crush, and he’s an ace at evoking both the gorgeousness and danger of the deep. But back to that scalpel. The killer, who’s introduced too early and already might as well have organ harvester stamped on his forehead, doesn’t make his second appearance for a looong while. Even then, the squirmiest sequence is one been-there operation, a suspense-free gutting that the Discovery Channel could put to shame. Spout Post: Bam! It's over http://www.spout.com/blogs/mac/archive/2007/4/27/7725.aspx

Post By: mac
Post To: mac Blog
Post Date: 4/27/2007 3:03:14 PM
Body: Just a lame attempt at another "Hostel" style movie...the acting was pretty poor, the story line made bad jumps, and half the movie seemed to be underwater, and then bam out of nowhere the movie came to it's peek and then just as quickly it was over. Pretty lame.
]]>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 19:03:14 GMTmacmac Blog4/27/2007 3:03:14 PMJust a lame attempt at another "Hostel" style movie...the acting was pretty poor, the story line made bad jumps, and half the movie seemed to be underwater, and then bam out of nowhere the movie came to it's peek and then just as quickly it was over. Pretty lame. Spout Tag:bus http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/bus/MemberTagFilms.aspxbus
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