The Ruins (2008)
1/10
I Am Shocked That People Like This Movie
5 April 2008
A 7.3?!?! Really?!?! Did I see the same movie?!?! I absolutely cannot figure out what people saw in this atrocity. I truly am utterly blown away after reading the reviews on this site and seeing what people on the horror board are saying about it. The consensus in the theater seemed unanimous since everyone was laughing at how absurd the premise and everything was. I truly don't get it. I feel like the script could have been written by someone in junior high, and probably was.

Where do I start? The acting was nothing but terribly sad, there's nothing more or less I can say about it. The story was idiotic and the dialog was even worse. The characters were so unbelievable that it seems like no effort was put into them at all. I would honestly love to see the Mystery Science Theater 3000 guys tackle this one because the jokes about it could go on and on, much like they did in the theater I was in. Usually it bugs the hell out of me when people are talking in the theater but it didn't tonight because I didn't care about paying attention to this travesty. And lastly, this movie had pretty much no suspense. Isn't that what a horror movie is supposed to be based on? I guess the producers didn't know that, along with a lot of other things.

Don't make the mistake I did, just say no to this movie. Don't ever see it. Not now, not when it comes out on video, not when your local library has it, not illegally online, not ever. You'll be happy that you didn't waste an hour and half of your life.
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