The Ruins: Don't Feed The Plants

Director: Carter Smith
Writer: Scott B. Smith
Producers: Chris Bender, Stuart Cornfeld, Ben Stiller

Starring: Jonathan Tucker as Jeff, Jena Malone as Amy, Laura Ramsey as Stacy, and Joe Anderson as Mathias(IMDb). Rated-R.

Jeff, Stacy, Eric, and Amy are hanging out by the pool in some hotel in Mexico when they meet a guy named Mathias who tells them about a temple ruin.Wanting some last minute excitement before they leave Mexico, they decide to go with Mathias to the ruin. Upon reaching the location they are met by native men with guns and bow and arrows who surround them and prevent them from leaving the site. They are forced to climb to the apex of the ruin and there the group discovers why they are prevented from leaving.

Admittedly I was pleasantly surprised by this movie. Seriously, I did not expect it to be that good, well for what it was. My interests was preserved during the entire film. The most prominent element of the film was the acting talent. This was an intense horror film that featured desperation, and the actors were great at making movie watchers feel their characters' sense of urgency.

The evil that hunted or haunted the group on the ruin was subtle in its presentation but yet its presence as a force of death was effective without being too corny. Given the nature of the evil, presenting this evil in subtlety was just right. One of several setbacks though however, was that the history of the evil that existed on the ruin was not explained. And the other setback was, if the native men with guns knew the evil so well why didn't they just burn it. If the history of the evil that haunted the ruin was explained, these questions would not be an issue. Despite these setbacks this movie will keep your attention with gore, suspense and the element of desperation. Very very entertaining, and in closing Laura Ramsey was great! I give this movie a C+. Stay tuned, Movieporium.blogspot.com.