theNomad
01-22-2007, 01:41 PM
Turistas (2006)
Directed by John Stockwell
American siblings; Alex & his younger teenage sister Bea along with their close friend Amy are backpacking through Brazil, meeting up with fellow similar companions; Brit mates; Finn & Liam, together with Australian traveler Pru on a cross country bus. Bearly surviving after it crashes and now all thrown in together. Further mishaps occur due to becoming stranded by so-called 'friendly locals' some of whom have deprived them of all their belongings & processions! Searching for any sympathetic police, they meet familiar face Kiko, who offers leading them to sanctuary. But upon finally reaching this supposed safe haven Amy soon vanishes, it's only then they discover far too late their saviors offering shelter are operators of a black market specializing in running human organs seeking unwilling donors to benefit their misfortune countrymen. In their captor's eyes; foreigners have come into Brazil raping their precious lands of its rubber, sugar, gold, even using its people as throwaway sexual playthings. For this exploiting of their country, our backpackers are now set to go under the surgeon's scalpel, courtesy of Zamora, Brazil's answer to doctor giggles. ~Trailer~ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0454970/trailers-screenplay-E30445-10-2)
I enjoyed it, sure its not the greatest film ever made but nor does it claim to be. For me its a solid enough survival horror which comes across alot like last years Hostel only much more coherent plot wise.
Personally I'd give it a 6-7 out of 10 and even if you didn't like it you gotta at least rank it a 3 or 4 out of 10. Its plainly obvious its doing so badly on imdb due to Brazilians down marking the rating to the lowest of 1/10. As over 600 have scored the film a 1 meaning about 50% of voters have given the film a rank bottom rating.
;) I bet there's internet cafes in Rio giving free net sessions if people down vote Turistas.
Directed by John Stockwell
American siblings; Alex & his younger teenage sister Bea along with their close friend Amy are backpacking through Brazil, meeting up with fellow similar companions; Brit mates; Finn & Liam, together with Australian traveler Pru on a cross country bus. Bearly surviving after it crashes and now all thrown in together. Further mishaps occur due to becoming stranded by so-called 'friendly locals' some of whom have deprived them of all their belongings & processions! Searching for any sympathetic police, they meet familiar face Kiko, who offers leading them to sanctuary. But upon finally reaching this supposed safe haven Amy soon vanishes, it's only then they discover far too late their saviors offering shelter are operators of a black market specializing in running human organs seeking unwilling donors to benefit their misfortune countrymen. In their captor's eyes; foreigners have come into Brazil raping their precious lands of its rubber, sugar, gold, even using its people as throwaway sexual playthings. For this exploiting of their country, our backpackers are now set to go under the surgeon's scalpel, courtesy of Zamora, Brazil's answer to doctor giggles. ~Trailer~ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0454970/trailers-screenplay-E30445-10-2)
I enjoyed it, sure its not the greatest film ever made but nor does it claim to be. For me its a solid enough survival horror which comes across alot like last years Hostel only much more coherent plot wise.
Personally I'd give it a 6-7 out of 10 and even if you didn't like it you gotta at least rank it a 3 or 4 out of 10. Its plainly obvious its doing so badly on imdb due to Brazilians down marking the rating to the lowest of 1/10. As over 600 have scored the film a 1 meaning about 50% of voters have given the film a rank bottom rating.
;) I bet there's internet cafes in Rio giving free net sessions if people down vote Turistas.