The story tells of a horror involving a group of friends where a group of friends get involved in a brutal struggle to survive after visiting a remote archaeological dig in the Mexican jungle. It's the end that looks annoying when they finally discover something deadly living in the rubble.
If you fancy a goofy little thrill that's a ray of sunshine compared to the usual glut of gloomy slasher flicks and tawdry torture pornos, The Ruins is just what the doctor ordered.
Who really needs to see some guy slice into a woman's lower back, dig around in there with his fingers, and then reel in a four-foot length of tapewormlike vine? I mean, really.
More disgusting than scary, The Ruins is the latest in a long line of horror films about upper-middle-class travelers being terrorized in unfamiliar environments.
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
August 22, 2010
Watchable killer-plant horror movie.
AV Club
April 07, 2008
In compressing the novel down to a sloppy abridgement, the film fails to capture the eerie portent of its setting.
Newsday
April 07, 2008
The usual gore-and-gristle fare, but this one serves it up with a tad more suggestiveness and smarts.
Film Freak Central
July 23, 2009
If it could happen to these kids, smart and beautiful, then it sure as shit is going to happen to me.
