...my friends tried to convince me that seeing The Ruins would be a good idea. Obviously, I disagreed with a passion and pointed out to my my friends that they may very well be considered "stupid" for wanting to see this film. As it turns out, I was correct.
The Ruins follows the tale of 4 American tourists (and a random German) on their quest to find a Mayan temple to explore. However, that would be far too easy and not mysterious at all. Thus, a random German man stumbles upon the young Americans lounging around the pool, casually explains that his brother (and his lady friend) went to excavate a ruin not on the map (A two-person excavation? Really?), and he thinks they should all go check it out because he's a day late coming back so he "must be having a really wild time."
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Once stumbling upon the temple things begin unravelling rather quickly--mainly because this movie has to scratch and claw its way to that honorable 90 minute mark.
The deaths in this movie are not new, not creative, and not interesting. Their entire plight had the audience chuckling throughout since they were being attacked by plants.
Thats right, if you saw the preview, you guessed it right--plants attack and kill people.
Now I know what you're thinking--Jon! Plants killing people is an AWESOME premise for a movie, just look at the classic musical Little Shop of Horrors! Unfortunately for me, and everyone in the audience, Rick Moranis never popped out of the temple to perform a little "Suddenly Seymour" action--though that would have been a welcomed reprieve from the monotony of this film.
If you're looking for a good horror flick--The Ruins is not for you. I enjoy good and bad horror movies alike so long as I know they're not taking themselves to seriously. The saddest part about this movie is that I genuinely believe they thought they had something wonderful.
The Ruins ruined my night. (See what I did there!?)