Turistas (2006)

★ 5.5 1h 33m 881 votes IMDb
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A group of young backpackers' vacation turns sour when a bus accident leaves them marooned in a remote Brazilian rural area that holds an ominous secret.

Turistas

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Cast

Josh Duhamel
Josh Duhamel as Alex Age 53 · Minot, North Dakota, USA Joshua David Duhamel (born November 14, 1972) is an American actor and former fashion model. After various modeling work, he made his acting debut as Leo du Pres on the ABC daytime soap opera All My C...
Melissa George
Melissa George as Pru Age 49 · Perth, Western Australia, Australia Melissa Suzanne George (born 6 August 1976) is an Australian film and television actress who has worked in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. Melissa is perhaps best known for her ro...
Olivia Wilde
Olivia Wilde as Bea Age 42 · New York City, New York, USA Olivia Wilde (born Olivia Jane Cockburn; /ˈkoʊbərn/ KOH-bərn; March 10, 1984) is an American and Irish actress, director and producer. She played Remy "Thirteen" Hadley on the medical-drama television...
Desmond Askew
Desmond Askew as Finn Age 53 · London, England Desmond Askew (born 17 December 1972) is an English actor of film and television. In 1983 he had the lead role of 'naughty schoolboy' in the promo video of the Wham single Bad Boys.He has appeared in...
Beau Garrett
Beau Garrett as Amy Age 43 · Los Angeles, California, USA Beau Garrett is an American actress and model. She began her career appearing in GUESS advertisements in the late 1990s after being discovered by an Elite modeling agent at age fourteen..
Max Brown
Max Brown as Liam Age 45 · Ilkley, West Yorkshire, England, UK A native of Ilkley, Yorkshire, England, however he spent his childhood mostly in Shrewbury, Shropshire, England, Max Brown's love of acting was ignited at an early age. His beginnings in the realm of...

Audience Reviews

John Chard 6/10 Oct 18, 2015
Brazil Nuts!

After their bus crashes while touring in Brazil, a group of young adults find themselves in a world of misery...

Not ever likely to be watched by members of the Brazilian Tourist Board, Turistas (AKA: Paradise Lost) is a whole mixed bag of a movie. Narratively it has been done before, a bunch of pretty types end up coming face to face with criminals and psychopaths in a land they don't know and barely understand.

The build up to the horror elements is slow, and for some horror fans it takes too long. Yet conversely it's good that the makers have afforded time for the characterisations to build, allowing for some humour, some drama and an insight into a multi national group dynamic. You may not much care what happens to them, but at least you know them!

Actually filmed on location in Brazil, there's a lot of mother nature's natural beauty (and her tough terrain at times) on show, all neatly photographed by Enrique Chediak (28 Weeks Later/127 Hours). However, the trump card is the underwater sequences, which are superbly put together, including a thrilling extended chase sequence that lifts the film out of horror/thriller averageville.

There's messages in the mix that valiantly try to make a point, but they get lost as things go a bit cuckoo. Yet there's enough good craft on show, and a horror sequence guaranteed to make you squirm, to make this worth a viewing. It is a good bit better than what some of the hate poured on it suggests, though the caveat is that horror fans should know it only gets into horror territory late in the day. 6/10

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