Turistas (Paradise Lost) (2006)

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• Jeff "

  
  Turistas is an awful horror film that uses old cliches to try to create something new and refreshing. This film is poorly written with a script that doesn't work. The result is a film that tries too hard at being a scary horror film, however it's far from scary. The film… More
  Turistas is an awful horror film that uses old cliches to try to create something new and refreshing. This film is poorly written with a script that doesn't work. The result is a film that tries too hard at being a scary horror film, however it's far from scary. The film suffers from a bad cast that don't do anything to thrill you or entertain you. The acting is painful, and you quickly realize that this is a waste of a horror flick, one that scraps the bottom of the barrel and one that tries far too hard at delivering scares. This is yet another awful horror film. What's wrong with the current state of horror is that instead of exploring new ideas and concepts, filmmakers create films with the same old boring formula. I hated this film, and didn't think it was a good film whatsoever. The cast of actors sucked and didn't deliver anything memorable or meaningful to the screen. Turistas is a terrible film that should never have been made. The film just tries too hard at trying to be scary, but it ends being silly. Turistas is the perfect example of a poorly written horror flick, this film is too derivative of other films and with the poor cast, and poor story and poor directing, Turistas ends up being a dud. This film was terrible, and it's no mystery as to why I've seen this film in many bargain bins. Avoid this film if you enjoy real horror that delivers. The only thing that Turistas delivers is an awful filmgoing experience.

• Anthony L

  
  Turistas or Paradise Lost, is a perfect example of what is wrong with modern American horror films. It feeds on irrational fear. I know America is a vast country, but only under 13% of Americans have a passport - these kinds of films only heighten this irrationality but also suggest a… More
  Turistas or Paradise Lost, is a perfect example of what is wrong with modern American horror films. It feeds on irrational fear. I know America is a vast country, but only under 13% of Americans have a passport - these kinds of films only heighten this irrationality but also suggest a certain superiority that is often insulting. To this films credit, there are other nationalities represented here but unfortunately as a Brit (and from London) I'm slightly annoyed at the portrayal of the typical Brit as being a cockney twat. I'm sure Swedish viewers were just as insulted. Also, what is the murder rate in America again? It's xenophobia, pure and simple and I don't like it. Also, don't name your silly little horror film after one of the greatest libratory achievements of all time - I probably don't have to tell you that this film has nothing to do with John Milton - Although I bet John Stockwell will argue that it is about the fall of man in some ways but I would argue it is the fall of original thought/film making. It is, like others have said here, Hostel in Paradise. Still, all that said, to its credit it does attempt one thing that is usually woefully absent in most slasher films and that is character development - Although, only as far as the men are concerned, the women don't matter so much, just as long as they are running around in bikinis. The underwater cinematography is also very well done and earns this film a slightly higher rating than I want to give it. Do not attempt returning to England Desmond Askew , we'd rather you didn't return!

• familiar s

  
  Nothing original, but that's not the main problem. Besides having a rotten plot, it is uninteresting too.

• Lee ?

  
  Thought this was an OK movie, nothing brilliant though. Takes a while before the excitement really starts to get going with the last 40 minutes providing the best moments of the film with some nasty moments of violence and suspense. Early on we're treated to lots of naked and… More
  Thought this was an OK movie, nothing brilliant though. Takes a while before the excitement really starts to get going with the last 40 minutes providing the best moments of the film with some nasty moments of violence and suspense. Early on we're treated to lots of naked and semi-naked scenes of the gorgeous female cast enjoying the Brazillian way of life before some sadistic organ traffickers decide to harvest their insides. It's not a badly made film but there was just nothing surprising or original about it - it's "The Beach" meets "Hostel".

• EightThirty .

  
  31/10/2010 (TELEVISION)<br/><br/>Should I still go to Brazil? Something different for me which I guess kept me interested and it was pretty interesting as things began to go so wrong. I couldn't help imagine "what if that was me?" which probably added to… More
  31/10/2010 (TELEVISION)<br/><br/>Should I still go to Brazil? Something different for me which I guess kept me interested and it was pretty interesting as things began to go so wrong. I couldn't help imagine "what if that was me?" which probably added to the disturbance brewing in me mentally.<br/><br/>This flick made me wonder a lot of things now about taking a vacation or going on holiday. A very serious movie with uncomfortable situations of desperation, hopelessness and suspense.<br/><br/>Great! A good night thriller with possible reasons this could happen to YOU!

• Brian D

  
  Decent horror/thriller about a bunch of tourists in Brazil who get stranded after there bus breaks down and things go from bad to worst in some nasty ways. Ok the first half is just setting up the story to the ultimate show down with some gruesome effects.There are some nasty and… More
  Decent horror/thriller about a bunch of tourists in Brazil who get stranded after there bus breaks down and things go from bad to worst in some nasty ways. Ok the first half is just setting up the story to the ultimate show down with some gruesome effects.There are some nasty and bloody killings and is not for the screamish.Its feels similarly to the likes of hostel but this one takes the subject matter seriously.To sum it up good movie with good production values and acting too worth a look,

• Jens S

  
  This horror thriller about a group of tourists that barely escape from a bus accident and end up stuck in the Brazilian jungle only to get hunted by organ dealers has not a lot of new ideas to offer. The beginning is still decent and the characters feel real enough to care following… More
  This horror thriller about a group of tourists that barely escape from a bus accident and end up stuck in the Brazilian jungle only to get hunted by organ dealers has not a lot of new ideas to offer. The beginning is still decent and the characters feel real enough to care following them around. Sadly, the movie makes the horrible mistake by introducing the villains and their evil plot way too early and without much tension. The bad guys' lines are also mostly horribly stupid. The second half offers a bit of gore and a lot of chasing through (beautifully shot) underwater caves, which is quite confusing. At least the breathing of small air pockets is a pretty neat idea. Before things get too exciting it's all over already and it's not that hard to guess who the last survivors are. A rather mediocre experience.

• Lady D

  
  Known in the UK as 'Paradise Lost' I saw this in the cinema originally. 'The Beach' meets 'Hostel' is the way I would describe this film, the plot is built on backpackers in Rio and although it's not violent all the way through, the parts that are,… More
  Known in the UK as 'Paradise Lost' I saw this in the cinema originally. 'The Beach' meets 'Hostel' is the way I would describe this film, the plot is built on backpackers in Rio and although it's not violent all the way through, the parts that are, are quite shockworthy, so this film is not for the faint hearted, but it's not in league with hostel gore either. Half realistic style, half typical horror.

• Lewis C

  
  "It sickens my heart, this combination - you're greed and our weakness." The sheer number of negative reviews for Turistas is mystifying to me. As is the numerous comparisons to movies like Hostel. This clearly isn't torture porn. And the allegations that it is… More
  "It sickens my heart, this combination - you're greed and our weakness." The sheer number of negative reviews for Turistas is mystifying to me. As is the numerous comparisons to movies like Hostel. This clearly isn't torture porn. And the allegations that it is too violent or gory are clearly off-base, as well. This movie is much more similar to vacation-gone-bad thrillers like A Perfect Getaway, than it is to something like Hostel. There was virtually no violence for the entire first half of the movie, and there was only a single scene that I'd consider to be gory. I can think of ten movies off the top of my head with much more violence and gore than Turistas, and none of them are ever even loosely associated with torture porn. I don't know if it was the previews and trailers that made people watch this movie expecting something different, but if you were anticipating Hostel in Brazil, you were completely off. I found a good bit to like, here. Turistas had one of the better casts of this kind of movie that I've seen, and it didn't hurt that all three of the main actresses and nearly every background actress, was incredibly hot. And the last thirty minutes of the film are as suspenseful as anything I've seen lately. You really get caught up in wondering who (if any) of the unfortunate vacationers is going to survive. The plot isn't exactly revolutionary and new, but it had enough wrinkles to it that I was never bored with it. I don't know what so many people and critics have seen in Turistas that they despise so much, but I enjoyed it. Don't be put off from seeing it, just because you're worried that it's another distasteful torture porn re-tread like the endless Saw sequels and the like. This is an entirely different kind of movie.

• KJ P

  
  It literally is in the same ball park with the worst movies I have ever seen!

• Alexander W

  
  Plain, simple, boring, compared to "the beach" or say "Saw" then this film is simply not worth watching. To make things worse, I now never want to visit Brasil.

• Aaron N

  
  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… More
  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 time 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

• Summer W

  
  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.

• Bobby H

  
  For a horror movie it wasnt so bad. Atleast it could of really happend - as it explores the world of illegal organ donation. I thought it had a good plot, it had some amazing scenes of Brazil, but the actors never quite sold me. Still it's worth a fun watch, a time or two.

• _kelly .

  
  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… More
  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 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.

• danny d

  
  better than i expected. there are cool scenes with some underwater caves, but ultimately nothing anyone needs to rush out and see.

• Dean !

  
  A very good horror, although not as scary or gory as I thought it was going to be. Similar theme to hostel in that some backpacking tourists run into trouble off the beaten track and soon wish they never left home. If you liked Hostel or the Texas chainsaw massacre remake this is… More
  A very good horror, although not as scary or gory as I thought it was going to be. Similar theme to hostel in that some backpacking tourists run into trouble off the beaten track and soon wish they never left home. If you liked Hostel or the Texas chainsaw massacre remake this is similar to those in many ways.

• Lanning :

  
  These clowns have got some nerve dragging <i>Paradise Lost</i> into the title of this piece of borat. What? They thought they could elevate this by Milton-izing it? Sheesh. What a useless waste of resources.

• Roy G

  
  It all begins to fall apart around the midway point, before completely unraveling into a confused, murky mess.

• Craig S

  
  <u><b>Directed by:</u> John Stockwell.</b> <u><b>Starring:</u> Josh Duhamel, Melissa George, Olivia Wilde, Desmond Askew.</b> As expected, Hollywood continues to make shit films to make money. Thankfully, Turistas isn't a film that… More
  <u><b>Directed by:</u> John Stockwell.</b> <u><b>Starring:</u> Josh Duhamel, Melissa George, Olivia Wilde, Desmond Askew.</b> As expected, Hollywood continues to make shit films to make money. Thankfully, Turistas isn't a film that drags the low quality of Hollywood down anymore, but it still isn't good. The story follows a group of young, horny American's who travel abroad for the first time, aiming to get to a town in Brazil for....you guessed it, women, alcohol and beaches. When they endure a terrible bus driver who crashes the bus and NEARLY kills them as it plummets off a cliff, they head around down to the beach to a party while they wait for another bus. They soon find alcohol, women and of course, the beach and wake up the next morning, robbed (they were drugged....big surprise). A man they barely know from the night before, helps them out and sends them to his 'uncles' place, which is surprisingly secluded from any roads and this all leads to something they didn't see coming. I pretty much gave away two-thirds of the film there in such a small sentence and that is really all it is....just stretched out a little more. The first act consists of us 'meeting' these people (the filmmakers way of development is to get each individual person to say to the other 'so what brings you here') and learning how one-dimensional, shallow and stupid they all are. After that, we endure them making more stupid mistakes as they decide to hike 10 hours to a place that is meant to be 'safe'. You would expect by this point in time that you just want these unlikable characters to be killed off, but the problem is, nothing starts to happen until the hour mark and even then, we are only shown a pretty gruesome open-stomach scene. What doesn't help this film (aside from the terribly cliche script), is the fact that they have no clear idea on what they are trying to make, nor any idea on what horror is. Picking John Stockwell was the first mistake, although he has that talent to create lavish scenery and the underwater cinematography is great, we are not given a shred of tension or atmosphere to keep us in suspense until the end, instead its more about showing hot girls and bare chested guys running around with attempts at 'in your face' gore. The acting is mediocre but you can't expect anything good from a film like this, Josh Duhamel shows potential to be a leading man for the teen audience but when he is making films like this, he is going nowhere....and why is Melissa George anywhere near this? Although there is some beautiful scenery, great underwater cinematography and quite a gruesome open-stomach sequence, we have to endure another 80 minutes of shallow, stupid characters, no development, no tension or atmosphere and no clue as to what the film really wants to be. Not a terrible film, but nothing to be remembered.

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