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Mixed or average reviews - based on 15 Critics

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Mixed or average reviews- based on 36 Ratings

Summary: While on vacation in a resort in Mexico, the Americans Jeff, his girlfriend Amy, her best friend Stacy and her boyfriend Eric befriend the German Mathias in the swimming pool. Mathias invites the group to visit the ruins of a Mayan temple with his Greek friend Dimitri in an archeological field where his brother Henrich and his girlfriend are camped eighteen kilometers far from the resort. They hire an old taxi and when they reach the spot, they are surrounded by Mayan villagers armed of revolver, rifle and bow-and-arrow that kill Dimitri and do not allow the group to leave the place. They climb a construction covered of creepers with red flowers, and remain under siege of the locals. When they hear a cell phone in the bottom of a well, Mathias decides to seek the apparatus using a rope that breaks and he has a serious accident breaking his back. Amy and Stacy go to the bottom of the mine to rescue Mathias and they find many corpses covered by the climbing plants; further, they realize that they had been lured by the plants that are vibrating with the sound of a cell phone. When they are attacked by the carnivorous creeping plants, they understand the reaction of the Mayan villagers.
Runtime: 90 min
Rating: Rated R for strong violence and gruesome images, language, some sexuality and nudity.
Production: Spyglass Entertainment
Genres: Thriller, Horror
Countries: USA, Germany, Australia
Languages: English, German, Spanish, Greek, Maya
Home Release Date: Jul 8, 2008
Director Credit
Carter Smith Director
Writer Credit
Scott B. Smith Screenplay
Principal Cast Credit
Jena Malone Amy
Jonathan Tucker Jeff
Shawn Ashmore Eric
Cast Credit
Balder Moreno Mayan Horseman
Dimitri Baveas Dimitri
Jesse Ramirez Mayan Bowman
Joe Anderson Mathias
Laura Ramsey Stacy
Luis Antonio Ramos Mayan Rifleman
Mario Jurado Mayan Archer
Nathan Vega Mayan Boy
Patricio Almeida Rodriguez Taxi Driver
Pauline Whyman Wailing Woman
Sergio Calderón Lead Mayan
Walter Quispe Mayan Rifleman
Producer Credit
Ben Stiller Executive Producer
Chris Bender Producer
Gary Barber Executive Producer
Jeremy Kramer Producer
Roger Birnbaum Executive Producer
Stuart Cornfeld Producer
Trish Hofmann Executive Producer
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