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The Ruins (2008)
5.9
Ratings: 5.9/10 from 32,376 users
Metascore:
44/100
Reviews: 326 user | 212 critic | 15 from Metacritic.com
A group of friends whose leisurely Mexican holiday takes a turn for the worse when they, along with a fellow tourist embark on a remote archaeological dig in the jungle, where something evil lives among the ruins. Director:Carter Smith |
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| Joe Anderson | ... | ||
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Balder Moreno | ... | |
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Patricio Almeida Rodriguez | ... | |
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Mario Jurado | ... | |
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Mayan Rifleman
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Walter Quispe | ... | |
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Pauline Whyman | ... |
Wailing Woman
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Nathan Vega | ... |
Mayan Boy
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Storyline
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... Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Terror has evolved.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for strong violence and gruesome images, language, some sexuality and nudity See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Ruinen See more »Box Office
Budget:
$8,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$8,003,241 (USA) (6 April 2008) (2812 Screens)Gross:
$17,427,926 (USA) (15 June 2008)Company Credits
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Written by Brian Chase, Karen Orzolek & Nick Zinner
Performed by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Courtesy of Interscope Records and Polydor Ltd. (U.K.)
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises See more »
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Ben Stiller was involved with this film because he is a friend of novelist / screenwriter Scott B. Smith. See more »Goofs
Errors in geography: The northern Yucatan Peninsula where this movie is supposed to be set is flat. There are some small hills in some areas but nothing extremely hilly like shown in several shots. See more »Connections
Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Ashton Kutcher/Gnarls Barkley (#33.10)" (2008) See more »Soundtracks
"Phenomena"Written by Brian Chase, Karen Orzolek & Nick Zinner
Performed by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Courtesy of Interscope Records and Polydor Ltd. (U.K.)
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises See more »
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