The Ruins
THE RUINS (18)
D: Carter Smith
Paramount (Stuart Cornfeld, Jeremy Kramer & Chris
Bender)
US/Australia 2008
90 mins
Horror
W: Scott B. Smith [based on his novel]
DP: Darius Khondji
Ed: Jeff Betancourt
Mus: Graeme Revell
Jonathan Tucker (Jeff), Jena Malone (Amy), Shawn Ashmore
(Eric), Laura Ramsay (Stacy), Joe Anderson (Mathias)
A group of teenage American students vacationing in Mexico
find themselves trapped in an ancient Mayan temple with man-eating plants.
Day Of The Triffids-style B-movie horror flick, full of
thick, unlikeable characters who deserve everything they get.
3/10
