TURISTAS
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Cast: Josh Duhamel, Melissa George, Olivia Wilde Rating: R18+ for High Level Violence Tagline: There Are Some Places Tourists Should Never Go Theatrical Release: March 22, 2007 (Scrapped) DVD Release: October 10, 2007 BOX OFFICE: The film was planned to be released in Australia on March 2, 2007 but it done poorly at the US box office, and 20th Century Fox cancelled the Australian Theatrical Release. DVD Special Features: * Audio Commentary * 4 Featurettes * Behind The Scenes * Deleted Scenes * Theatrical Trailer * Easter Egg |
Plot Synopsis, Review
After a bus crash, a group of tourists travelling through Brazil head down to a beach. This "paradise" soon turns bad, when they wake up on the beach with all their valuables taken. They are then lead by a local on a 12hr hiking trip to a house after the other locals get rowdy with them. When their leader is hurt, they travel to this isolated house and wait, and when the owner arrives, they would have never expected him to be part of the black market, taking organs for his country.
Energetic. The film begins with a preview of what's to come, and after that some brazillian song plays (while the opening credits are rolling), and is bright, colourful, basically what you would expect from a teen-comedy that centres on a cruise ship, but after the credits we get to know the characters a little, just by viewing them on a speeding bus. When the bus crashes, we get to know each character better, and they themselves seem like the typical tourists just looking for a good time. The film takes a long while finally getting into the black market side, even though it sometimes switched between the head surgeon and his going-abouts. It did think the downfall was the good hour it took to get into the film, but when it finally did happen, it was predictable, but still criinge-worthy and watchable. The ending was really predictable, anyone could've guessed it a mile away, and some of the death scenes were well worth the wait.
The premise is intriuging, but the plot itself was too absorbed in getting to know the characters, rather than getting into what made the viewer sit and watch the film for. There were no twists, which is refreshing, but it needed one badly, because we knew 5 minutes before what was going to happen.
The acting was definately one of the highlights. The whole cast provides the audiences with brilliants at many scenarios. "Josh Duhamel", who's character was abit of a douche, gave the film the security, while "Melissa George" gave us the mysterious girl next door character.
Overall "Turistas" is a good film, but takes too long to get into the action, and doesn't have any twists, which makes it predictable. My rating is 3/5.
Energetic. The film begins with a preview of what's to come, and after that some brazillian song plays (while the opening credits are rolling), and is bright, colourful, basically what you would expect from a teen-comedy that centres on a cruise ship, but after the credits we get to know the characters a little, just by viewing them on a speeding bus. When the bus crashes, we get to know each character better, and they themselves seem like the typical tourists just looking for a good time. The film takes a long while finally getting into the black market side, even though it sometimes switched between the head surgeon and his going-abouts. It did think the downfall was the good hour it took to get into the film, but when it finally did happen, it was predictable, but still criinge-worthy and watchable. The ending was really predictable, anyone could've guessed it a mile away, and some of the death scenes were well worth the wait.
The premise is intriuging, but the plot itself was too absorbed in getting to know the characters, rather than getting into what made the viewer sit and watch the film for. There were no twists, which is refreshing, but it needed one badly, because we knew 5 minutes before what was going to happen.
The acting was definately one of the highlights. The whole cast provides the audiences with brilliants at many scenarios. "Josh Duhamel", who's character was abit of a douche, gave the film the security, while "Melissa George" gave us the mysterious girl next door character.
Overall "Turistas" is a good film, but takes too long to get into the action, and doesn't have any twists, which makes it predictable. My rating is 3/5.