Josh Duhamel, Melissa George, Olivia Wilde

A group of young backpackers' vacation turns sour when a bus accident leaves them marooned in a remote Brazilian jungle that holds an ominous secret.

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37% liked it

77,182 ratings

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15% liked it

98 critics

R, 1 hr. 32 min.

Directed by: John Stockwell

Release Date: December 1, 2006

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DVD Release Date: March 27, 2007

Stats: 4,089 reviews

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  • February 11, 2009
    Gee Whizz what a load of dribble. Tries to be Hostel, gore check, story nadda, acting... yikes don't even go there. Takes a good hour before we get some horror, and then it's just like die already.
    PredicTable beyond belief, zero chemistry between the cast and a nauseating endin...( read more)g. The only good thing I have to say is the scenery was lovely.
  • January 11, 2009
    Finn: I hate this! I don't like it at all. I like beaches, and drinking and girls. In all the ads, they say "Come to Brazil. We've got beaches and drinking and girls." They don't say, "we've got vicious angry mobs that chase you into the jungle."

    If you thought you had good tim...( read more)e with Hostel in Euroupe, then wait until you see it in South America.

    Zamora: I'd take the hearts and even the skin from their lilly-white asses if i could... but they don't travel well
  • October 25, 2008
    This movie was SO gross! The part where the girl had her kidneys taken out was super graphic. It was a pretty boring movie at first, but the end was better.
  • September 10, 2008
    So predictable, that I not only predicted who was going to die, but also in the correct order. It follows so many "rules" that I was not shocked or amazed by anything; only the bad dialogue.
  • April 5, 2008
    It's better than Wolf Creek, and far better than Hostel, so it's alright. I think the characters are agreeable and sympathetic. The setting is...well it looks like beautiful Brazil should look. Of course this concept is tired, so the movie has to be tight or satirical; this movie...( read more) is tightly directed to raise the tension, but the final sequence kills the potential. I understand that aquatic camera operators need employment (I'd like to do that job myself) but setting the final act in the underwater caves was a huge mistake. The caves are nice for showing our protagonists "bond" with their would be captor and a logical place for the film to conclude, but this is far too drawn out. The "caves" scene should have ended once they were spotted in the "secret place" and had to escape.
  • November 20, 2009
    Com certeza alguém ficou ofendido com esse filme, huhuhu!
  • November 20, 2009
    Starts out looking to be a good thriller but soon you soon realize that everybody in the film has a below average IQ which takes away from the overall enjoyment. Gave it a star and a half for good casting on attractive women.
  • November 8, 2009
    It not a bad movie the story is a little weak but it has some nice gore in it and some hot girls.
  • November 3, 2009
    Do u like horrors....Do u like blood....gore....stupid ass people....in a foreign country like Brazil.....beautiful woman.....liquor.....stupid ass people.....this is the movie for u....
  • October 30, 2009
    Some halfway interesting/sympathetic characters, pretty good acting, and incredible bikinis boost this tale of terror slightly above the norm. Not dissimilar in story arc to the greatly inferior 'Hostel' as vacationers in Brazil stumble upon a beachfront paradise only to be lure...( read more)d away into a nightmare.

    While the characters are mostly amiable, they are also terminally stupid. Granted, anyone would be in a state of shock during these events, nevertheless one of six people should have realized that traipsing into the jungle without supplies or appropriate clothing was not the best plan. Or even the 50th-best plan.

    Refreshingly the movie takes its time building towards the mayhem, much like in 'Wolf Creek,' with ample displays of the beautiful surroundings. But once the blood gets pumping, 'Turistas' makes a fatal error of plunging everything into darkness for a solid 30 minutes! I seriously could not tell what was happening, nor whom it was happening to, most of the time. Not only are we confused in a dark, rainy jungle, but also in a lengthy dark, underwater cave sequence. The editor must have had a hell of a time sorting footage - "Now what's supposed to be in this 70% blackness again??"

    There are some scary moments, in particular I very uncomfortably felt Olivia Wilde's fear while lost and pursued within the underwater caves. But much of what should be scary or intense is only confusing because of the darkness. On another day I might rate this at 2 stars, but those bikinis are very persuasive.

Critic Reviews


December 1, 2006
Pete Hammond, Maxim

You may just want to unpack that suitcase after seeing Turistas, a shocking and genuinely terrifying trip into the jungles of Brazil even if it is low-budget and sometimes cheesy to it's core. full review

December 1, 2006
Kurt Loder, MTV

Turistas" eventually succumbs to the one unforgivable sin in a horror movie: It's dull. full review

December 1, 2006
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

It's fitting that, in a season in which Hollywood offers up its prestige pictures -- the ones it hopes will garner critics' prizes and Academy Awards -- Turistas should come along to offer a bit of co... full review

December 1, 2006
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer

It gallops along with a suspenseful, dead-on sense of dread. full review

December 1, 2006
Kyle Smith, New York Post

Turistas has mastered the international language: stupidity. full review

December 1, 2006
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

Unpleasant but never really suspenseful, the new teen torture thriller Turistas causes only a dull, predictable pain. full review

November 27, 2006
David Edelstein, New York Magazine

As usual, there's a streak of murderous puritanism in the carnage. full review

November 26, 2006
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine

With Turistas, director John Stockwell cements his status as contemporary Hollywood's most accomplished exhibitor of the female behind. full review

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Comments


  • crowlord
    March 16, 2009
    Im a bit baffled by the negative reviews of this one, yes its no masterpiece but its is miles removed from the dross it seems to be labelled as!
  • aftrs
    April 2, 2008
    Nice back packing holiday around Brazil, then the bus your travelling in has an accident * you survive * [[ my advice - wait with the others for the next bus ]].... Do not go to the beautiful beach, do not drink the drugged alcohol ---- there fore you wont wake up with your belongings gone, and in the end have your organs cut out your body ---- * Wait for the next bus *
  • ijustgottabeme
    September 21, 2007
    SUCKED! don't ever ever ever ever ever see it!

  • olliehall
    June 20, 2007
    yea it was shit.
  • mellz1989
    May 29, 2007
    hey, did u guys knw that this movie has been renamed in the UK as "Paradise Lost"... check out http://paradiselostmovie.co.uk/
  • wotsappenin
    May 28, 2007
    Very good. Not seen a descent horror since The Descent. Nice eye candy as well. Good shout.
  • mifsudalex
    May 9, 2007
    ........if you like hostel you like turistas especialy the cave scenes....
  • jerilyn6
    May 3, 2007
    i saw this and didnt care for it, it was really graphic, and to top it all off we ordered pizza while it was on ugh!!
  • taizi999
    April 28, 2007
    who care bout the lighting..u care but i dun care..i like the flim heap..the water chase n the cutting out kidney part..so well done..juz dun like the movie was short..
  • reavenm
    April 1, 2007
    beside it just a movie it could be scary if you picture yourself in that situation in a foreign country, foreign language without nothing money passport cloth its just scary .. from the point of view of a brazilian its offensive cause that could happen anywhere any country to anyone even USA !!
    how come if they get robbed they dont have clothes they always show up with different swimsuits even the girl that doesn have the upper part have another swimsuit in another part, and yeah right barefeet thru all the jungle !!

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