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15
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3.0
type Movie Current Status In Season mpaa R runtime 89 minutes Wide Release Date 12/01/06 performer Josh Duhamel, Melissa George, Olivia Wilde director ..
EW
1.5
And theres another part, too, with a villa in Hollywood, where the curmudgeonly and moderately infirm old screenwriter next door (Wallach) will be you ..
Austin Chronicle
1.9
With Turistas, director John Stockwell cements his status as contemporary Hollywoods most accomplished exhibitor of the female behind.
5.0
Barbara Lipska, a neuroscientist who was diagnosed with melanoma tumors in her brain.
1.0
In the outlawed world, there is death, disaster and decadence waiting at every crooked nook and corner.
ETimes (TOI)
3.0
Turistas is, surprising, given its lousy marketing campaign and thankless release date, a solidly visceral piece of work. Socialized healthcare never ..
2.5
Duhamel should know that you can just stay in Vegas and get your kidney removed while getting robbed in a club populated by ladies in bikinis.
E Film Critic
1.3
It reminds us that some experiences are even worse than watching this movie.
San Francisco Chronicle
3.0
But horror fans may find the hell segment unusually short lived if undeniably gruesome.
2.5
Its not really scary so much as its unpleasant and its never going to be very funny.Turistas manages to place it more specifically in the thriller gen ..
Cinema Blend
2.0
Theyre stalked by a crazy doctor with a hunger for their organs.Whats left of the movie is spent on their escape, not that it matters since youll alre ..
Cinema Blend
2.5
Another helping of sadism disguised as entertainment...even aficionados of such massacre fests are likely to find this a long slog.
One Guys Opinion
1.5
Though Turistas eventually bogs down in an underlit mess, it more or less scratches the neo exploitation itch.
Village Voice
2.0
An unpleasant horror thriller about revolting thrill seeking tourists in Brazil.
Sover
2.5
Turistas delivers just about everything a viewer expects from a horror movie except a well lit conclusion.
ReelViews
2.5
Gringo tourists learn that globalization cuts both ways literally when they leave their hearts and a whole lot more in the wilds of Brazil.
Tv Guide
2.5
And a chase scene set in underwater caves could have been spectacular, but instead its rushed, cluttered and confusing.
Combust Ible Celluloid
0.0
Its the sort of well worn premise that certainly couldve been fashioned into a cliched yet entertaining genre effort, much along the lines of Eli Roth ..
Reel Film Reviews
2.0
This is especially true since what were teased with rampant bloody mayhem and terror never actually materializes.The movie is what it is.
Eric Ds Nider
2.0
If you thought Saw was too subtle and understated, or that Hostel was strictly for pussies, have at it, brotherthis is just your meat.In every sense o ..
News Review
3.0
The action scenes never quite make sense on screen; we just know something nasty is happening.
Shadows On The Wall
1.0
The fact that films like this are being made, and happily consumed by eager crowds, should be disturbing to anyone with a modicum of awareness.
Film Journal International ..
1.3
And the final third of the film is more annoying than it is suspenseful.
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
3.1
With Turistas, hes stuck with a silly plot and characters that make you sometimes wish the movie were a cheap slasher picture after all.
Boston
0.5
The concept is serviceable enough, if not exactly high in believability.
Mountain X
2.0
This man has a Daytime Emmy.And its not his fault that this movie is trashy, dumb, lurid and sometimes lacking all sense.
Movies
0.5
...a lot of torture p0rn aficionados are going to be throwing their money away, and thats always funny.
Flim Threet
2.5
The R rating is appreciative, but the film otherwise doesnt take any chances.
The Movie Boy
2.0
But either way, it still isnt any good: its just not as bad as what I consider to be the worst movie ever made.
Bullz-Eye
2.0
Movies offer us wildly divergent stories with vivid, close up emotions, and so did the six fimmakers we invited to take part in the Envelope Directors ..
Calendar Live
2.0
Director John Stockwell tries to infuse this preposterous plot with a modicum of realism to build suspense.
Seattle Pi
3.8
This thing is paint by numbers all the way through, and as much fun as much of it is Id be lying if I said the movie was worth all that much more than ..
Movie Freak
2.5
Maybe in the hands of a good horror director, this could have been something worth remembering, but like even the best vacations, this one is quickly ..
2.5
When it comes to Hollywood, it means horror movies about human organ trafficking.
7M Pictures
3.0
This organ theft thriller overpromises and underdelivers, falling prey to the typical perils of the genre: few moments of true suspense and laboriousl ..
E Online
1.9
Learn about former Carolina Panthers football player Rae Carruth, before and after he paid to kill his pregnant girlfriend, Cherica Adams.
Kansas City
2.5
The rest of the film is a more or less by the numbers horror film, but with the added bonus of beautiful filmed on location settings.Interestingly, Tu ..
Big Picture Big Sound
1.9
Turistas delivers all of the prerequisite booty shaking, tiny bikinis, male six pack abs and bloody gore promised in the commercials, but never rises ..
Waffle Movies
1.3
Turistas has better production values than most Hollywood pretty people in peril movies. But even beautiful scenery cant gussy up this flat film.
Js Online
1.5
Turistas Synopsis Turistas follows six college students who, while backpacking across Brazil, get stranded in the jungles and imprisoned by a military ..
Movie Web
3.1
Instead, his film is a tight, kinetic thriller.Even the bad guys including the liver loving doctor from hell show character development.
Chron
2.0
Youll be aching for some blood and guts but it just doesnt come quick enough.
The Shiz Nit
3.0
You can see the same thing on TLC, only with less chatter.Worse yet, the entire final twenty minutes are shot so under lit and poorly edited that the ..
From The Balcony
2.5
Brazils tourist industry gets a bad rap in this horror lite shocker that might just leave you rooting for the bad guy.
Film4
1.0
The awful, offal ridden Turistastextbook torture pornwould be too disgusting to discuss were it not for its efficiency at exploiting the fear that hau ..
Ny Mag
2.0
All the back to school anthems from Khalid, Selena Gomez and more presented by H&M
M Tv
2.5
Under its glossy exterior and claims to be an extreme version, this is a generic and surprisingly tame horror offering.
Future Movies
3.0
Give the pic credit for being the first U.S. film takencompletely in Brazil. Otherwise: predictable.
Compuserve
2.0
Its a continuity problem that allows the audience to relax during what should be a considerably more high strung cinematic experience.
Film Critic 1963 Typepad
2.5
Director John Stockwell takes a thin concept and executes it with a certain level of maturity and skill, not to mention a gorgeous visual touch.
Dread Central
3.0
Turistas taps into another realm of wealth driven depravitythe harvesting of human organsbut without wallowing in extreme cruelty.
Ear Of Newt
1.9
Nothing more than impressive bodies waiting to be sliced and diced.
Chicago Tribune
3.5
While I enjoyed Turistas and would see it again, its not without its drawbacks.
Horror
3.0
If you remove all the horror aspects of it, it works nicely as a tourism campaign for Brazil. Never has there been a dumber group of travelers; wait t ..
Supercala.com
3.0
If the filmmakers were trying to scare American kids into cultural isolationism, this would be a pretty good piece of propaganda for the cause.
Deep Focus
1.3
...horror fans who expect more at the movies than viscera will continue to be disappointed.
2.5
Stockwell delivers too little of the dread and titillation this genre prescribes.
Sun Times
2.5
While comparisons to Hostel are inevitable Turistas rarely achieves its level of sustained menace and discomfort.
Seattle Times
1.3
Whats infuriating about Turistas is that its slick, gorgeously shot and riddled with brilliantly crafted set pieces.
Sign On Sandiego
2.0
At the risk of coming off as completely and unapologetically inarticulate: Turistas is dumb.Of course, the film isnt dumb in terms of intelligence; th ..
English Oh My News
0.8
And there still museums with pay what you wish admission, if not every day, then on certain days weekly or monthly.You just have to know who offers wh ..
Time Out Ny
1.5
Once the gore and suspense take over, this becomes mechanical and unpleasant.
Chicago Reader
2.0
TURISTAS seemed to have a fascinating, cautionary premise,but in execution, the movie turned out to be messy and decidedly unmemorable.
Murphys Movie Reviews
2.5
Dont stay home out of fear of imagined atrocities in another country. Stay home from this movie instead.
Tyler Morning Telegraph (T ..
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