Wordiezett So much average

Console best movie i've ever seen.

Stoutor It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

kyledavisonline The overall story-arc is your stereotypical mad-mad in the woods thriller. The plot contains various reference to the typical style we've come to love and hate in horror films. However, this movie places a nice twist on the sub-plot. Whiles the teens are up to something they should not be, the monster in the dark isn't quite what you except. We don't see a mad bunch of hillbillies, or creatures with no origin. It stays clear of a supernatural entity or a more basic mad man of the seventies era. We instead, see Mother Nature take her seeds within the story and character. A welcomed change. If you're looking for a good, suspenseful horror, then I would strongly advise looking elsewhere. The horror is scares to say the least. You would find more fright in a Scooby-Doo movie and more suspense in their long running TV shows, then in any part of this film. I found myself firmly planted back in my seat, and never coming to the edge of my chair. The films need it pass on moments where they could play to the suspense, leaves the viewer feeling cheated and unsurprised at the ending.The gore within this film is brief and used mainly to further develop the story arc. The scenes are plentiful in blood and certainly make feel the need to glance away from your screens. While the amputation scene leaves much to be desired, the film more than make up for it with one of the female leads slow battle with insanity and downward spiral into cutting herself. The sexual conduct of this film is split on me. While I enjoyed the placement of nudity and welcomed the change of not having to see every female nude, for god only knows what reason. This film places a brief nude scene, while implying sexual conduct. Having said that, there is one scene that raises more questions that answered, as a female leads, give a hand job to her surprised boyfriend, following events that make you question why? It severed no purpose to the story, nor showed nothing more than a hand below the sheets, and even came following character deaths. Overall, the writing felt bland, but at points creative. The characters where un-relatable and forgettable. If felt very much like a small budget indy film, and left the viewer wondering just what it all meant. With little playing to its intended genre, I would strongly advise watching, only as a last resort.

Jo Evans OK I saw this film near when it first came out & it was one you remember. So just come back from Mexico & it brought it back to memory & I decided to watch it again. But I'm shocked to see such a low rating this film is about a 7.5 The story is such a original idea unlike all the constant crap coming out at the minute & none stop remakes. The cast has decent acting & there's.some lovely photography. I knew before I watched it there was some scene that I didn'tlike (goryness) but tthere's actually more than I remember I felt myself nearly throw up a few times.. As for the plot I'm not going to write anything as wouldn't want to spoil it .

oliviercspencer The time is currently 1pm, it is 16 hours since I sat through this film and I am still angry at how awful it was.The plot / storyline, characters and ending could have been written by an 8 year old and I assume that is who this film is aimed at.Imagine four stereotypical American students, looking for adventure in a foreign land. They come across an ancient Mayan temple, but there is nothing mysterious or spiritual about it, just a plant that for some inexplicable reason has decided to imitate mobile phone sounds and eat humans. Why it does this, rather than eating the plentiful supply of birds and small mammals that would be present in a jungle type environment, is never explained. Then in typical Hollywood style, the 'locals' are portrayed as gun wielding lunatics who attack the students (again for no clear reason, when they could simply make them leave) and force the four students to stay on top of (not within) the temple, until they are slowly eaten by the bizarre plant. Nothing else of note happens in the film.The film is only 90 minutes, but it feels more like 4 hours, as the wafer thin and boringly predictable characters stumble from one mistake to the next or just sit there complaining about their predicament.About 45 minutes into the film I was hoping that all the main characters would hurry up and die, so the film could end. Unfortunately one of them survives, which makes me very concerned that some deluded film maker may try to make a sequel at some point in the future.I can't believe that anyone funded, made, produced and released this film. With a few little tweaks here and there, this film could be a comedy, it really is that bad.

bowmanblue It's amazing that there are any teenagers left in America. Every time they seem to venture more than five miles out of their home town they seem to get picked off by Rednecks/Werewolves/Undead serial killers (take your pick).In The Ruins, we see your average bunch of plucky American teens (i.e. far too good looking to be believable) taking a well-earned holiday (sorry, vacation) to Mexico. All is going well until someone suggests venturing off the beaten paths to look at some... you guessed it, ruins.And, before you can say 'teen horror' our poor, hapless heroes are knee deep in (of all things) killer plants! Hardly the most fearsome for every to play its part in decreasing the population of an American High School, I hear you cry. But, to make matters worse, our young models are stranded on top of some ruins, surrounded by the feral fungi and they can't get off because the locals will shoot them if they do.All in all, it's a lot of silly fun - as is most mainstream horror these days. There's some nice gory scenes and plenty of things that happen even though any sane person wouldn't so that. But it's horror, right? So we're happy to suspend our disbelief.Give it a go - it's very watchable, plus, if these kids ever make it back to civilisation, they will get a guaranteed A+ for any 'What I did in my holiday' essay.