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Generally unfavorable reviews
Based on 26 critic reviews
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Adventure | Drama | Horror | Mystery | Suspense/Thriller
Written by: Michael Ross
Directed by: John Stockwell
Release Date:
Theatrical: December 1, 2006
DVD: March 27, 2007
Running Time: 89 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Language(s): English / Portuguese
Summary
RATING: R for strong graphic violence and disturbing content, sexuality, nudity, drug use and language
Starring Josh Duhamel, Melissa George, Olivia Wilde, Desmond Askew, Beau Garrett, Max Brown, Agles Steib, and Miguel Lunardi
After a terrifying bus accident maroons a diverse group of young adventure travelers in a remote Brazilian beach town, they slowly discover that the white sand beaches and lush jungles are concealing a darker, unsettling secret. (Fox Atomic)
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What The Critics Said
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Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov
With Turistas, Stockwell dives head-first into a veritable riptide of churning, vicious exploitation cinema, and the result is surprisingly effective.
Read Full Review >Premiere Ethan Alter
Before it descends into dull sadism and general incoherence in its third act, Turistas is a mostly effective exploitation picture, the kind of movie that would have been proudly displayed on the marquee of a '70s-era grindhouse.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Jack Mathews
As the latest in a never-ending chain of thrillers about young people lost and dying in a hostile land, John Stockwell's Turistas at least offers the visual benefits of exotic settings and a cast of barely clad hardbodies.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea
Nasty stuff. It's xenophobic (message: Americans, steer clear of the Third World); it's photogenic (the Sports Illustrated-likeswimsuit issue beach scenes, the colorful villages, the lush landscapes); it's gruesome (operating table POV shots); and it's violent.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Wesley Morris
Turistas is not a slasher film -- not conventionally. Released by Fox's new teen division, it's the latest aquatic titillation from John Stockwell, the man who also brought us "Blue Crush" and the shockingly good "Into the Blue."
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum
Once the gore and suspense take over, this becomes mechanical and unpleasant.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Ken Fox
The cast is unusually good for this sort of film, which only makes the poor execution more regrettable.
Read Full Review >ReelViews James Berardinelli
Starts out as an effective little horror movie before devolving into an incoherent mess during its final 30 minutes.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Dennis Lim
Turistas seeks to exploit the current craze for torture-porn, but it lacks the relentless sadism of the "Saw" franchise. More than half the movie is dull buildup.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Desson Thomson
Horror fans will twitch impatiently at those long stretches between killings. And audiences anticipating a feature-length "Girls Gone Wild" video will suffer withdrawal from the lack of loosened bra straps.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
The movie, with the exception of that lone squirmy surgery scene, is "Hostel" without sadism, thrills, or funky severed-limb F/X. It quickly turns into a very dull escape thriller.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Scott Tobias
Once the torture finally commences, the film attempts to float a political point about the Third World taking back First World health-care privileges, but the chief torturers' sadistic humanitarianism is never seriously considered.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker
The result of this blender mash of exotic horror isn't much of anything at all, neither suspenseful, terrifying or inventively gory: Turistas is dead on arrival.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Michael Rechtshaffen
It all begins to fall apart around the midway point, before completely unraveling into a confused, murky mess.
Read Full Review >Variety Dennis Harvey
The "Hostel" similarities may strike some as too close for comfort, not only in plot outline but also in general mix of xenophobia, sexploitation, sadism and gore.
Read Full Review >New York Post Kyle Smith
Turistas has mastered the international language: stupidity.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Michael Phillips
The stalwart American hero of Turistas comes off as a dislikable blank in the hands of Josh Duhamel, of the TV series "Las Vegas." More relaxed is Melissa George, who co-stars as the Aussie.
Read Full Review >Miami Herald Connie Ogle
The movie is less painful than having your kidneys removed, but Turistas doesn't offer a trip entertaining enough to take.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
These people are so stupid that they make us think, well, wait a second: Maybe those livers and kidneys could be put to better use.
Read Full Review >The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Liam Lacey
There are a couple of minutes of unscheduled surgery to put this in the sadistic fantasy genre of "Saw" and "Hostel," but mostly the movie plays out like a cheap survivalist copy of the television series "Lost."
Read Full Review >New York Magazine David Edelstein
There's only one surgery scene, but it's the heart (and kidneys) of Turistas. The rest -- especially the incoherent action -- falls well below the mark set by the last Americans Abroad torture-porn picture, "Hostel."
Read Full Review >The New York Times Manohla Dargis
A grubby, lethally dull bid to cash in on the new extreme horror, the film turns on a conceit as frayed as Freddy Krueger’s shtick.
Read Full Review >Portland Oregonian M. E. Russell
Endless and tedious. It's also written-in-crayon, smack-your-face dumb, and edited so that every other shot is a close-up of a flailing limb.
Read Full Review >Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach
Director John Stockwell ("Blue Crush") and screenwriter Michael Ross have only two things in mind: titillation and giving young audiences something gross to whisper about in school the next day. On that limited basis, Turistas may well succeed. But that's nothing to brag about.
Read Full Review >Film Threat Pete Vonder Haar
Turistas fails in almost every way a movie like this can.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 5.0 (out of 10) based on 27 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
PnArdy PnArdy gave it a6:
A terrifying horror triller about human organ trafficking in Brazil. Several young americans run for their lives in the brazilian jungle.
Chris B. gave it a3:
If you're bored, and want to watch a mediocre horror flick then I guess you could rent this. In all honesty, it's a lame movie. It has a decently attractive cast, seems like it could be fun because it's on a beautiful beach in brazil, but nope. It's a huge letdown. As a reference... It's no where near as good as hostel, even if you disliked hostel.
Hal B. gave it a6:
A pleasant surprise. The tension builds nicely, the acting is decent, the dialogue believable (for a horror flick). I liked it better than Hostel and much much better than Saw III (or was it II)? Not quite as good as The Descent. The three female leads (Olivia W., Melissa G., Beau G.) are all amazingly gorgeous. People who see this film as racist or anti-Brazilian just need to chill out. It's a B movie Horror flick!!! Get over it already.
[Anonymous] gave it a0:
This movie is a great horror film. I was pleasantly surprised.
Jwuandahouse L gave it an8:
I've honestly never been so scared in my life.
Josh F. gave it a1:
Yet another unoriginal, unintelligent horror film for this year. Ive never seen a premise like this before.... oh wait yes I have, it's called Surviving the Game and this is just as bad. The only difference is that I don't get to laugh at Gary Busey in turistas, I get to laugh at everyone's performance.
[Anonymous] gave it a9:
Starts slow finishes unbelievable.
