Directed by:
John StockwellScreenplay:
Michael RossCinematography:
Enrique ChediakComposer:
Paul HaslingerCast:
Josh Duhamel, Melissa George, Desmond Askew, Olivia Wilde, Beau Garrett, Max Brown, Miguel Lunardi, John Stockwell, Pollyanna Rose, Andréa Leal, Gustav Roth (more)VOD (1)
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Josh Duhamel leads a group of young backpackers who find themselves stranded on a remote Brazilian beach; an exotic paradise, with warm sunshine, cool ocean breezes, and plenty of hot bodies. But, after a night of partying, the wayward turistas are drugged and robbed, and their dream vacation becomes a gruesome nightmare. Trapped and desperate, the vulnerable travelers are lured deep into the menacing jungle and beyond, where a dark and twisted fate too terrifying to imagine awaits. (official distributor synopsis)
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Well, it could have been a decent massacre with detailed demonstrations of the internal arrangement of human anatomy, but apparently the creators were a bit scared of that and instead put a Brazilian pseudo-moralist in the role of the biggest villain. From his fiery speech, the movie basically stopped entertaining me because, although I am not one of the unfortunate ones who have to wander through life burdened by the immense weight of their movable and immovable property, I am against nationalizing both property and bodily organs. Whether a Marxist-Leninist theorist or a surgeon philosophizes about similar matters, both are ripe for a blow with a blunt object before they move from words to actions. ()
Turistas is not really a horror or slasher movie, though it might look like one at first glance. John Stockwell doesn’t work with horror elements or jump-scares and he conceives Turistas as a realistic drama that scares the audience with its harshness and mercilessness. There is no sign of a deeper message like in John Boorman’s Deliverance, as we’re talking about a watching-once-is-enough thriller, but the movie’s quality actors and a decently built atmosphere work as they should. Too bad the ending is cut short; this is the only thing truly reminiscent of a slasher flick that doesn’t need to resolve anything and satisfies itself with a shot of the surviving characters, breathing a sigh of relief as they exit the scene. ()
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