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Turistas (Unrated Edition) (2006)

Josh Duhamel , Melissa George , John Stockwell  |  R |  DVD
3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (105 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Josh Duhamel, Melissa George, Olivia Wilde, Desmond Askew, Beau Garrett
  • Directors: John Stockwell
  • Writers: Michael Ross
  • Producers: John Stockwell, Andrew Molasky, Bo Zenga, Caíque Martins Ferreira, Dylan Russell
  • Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
  • Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish
  • Dubbed: French, Spanish
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rated: R (Restricted)
  • Studio: 20th Century Fox
  • DVD Release Date: March 27, 2007
  • Run Time: 93 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (105 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000N3AW6G
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #42,457 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • Learn more about "Turistas (Unrated Edition)" on IMDb

Special Features

  • Commentary by director John Stockwell and producer Kent Kubena
  • Deleted scenes
  • Special Effects featurette

Editorial Reviews

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If not for Hostel, we'd never have been treated to the gory, horrific delights so lovingly captured with sadistic detail in Turistas. Together, these movies could be spawning a radical new Hollywood-pedigreed sub-genre of extreme horror. Like Hostel, Turistas concerns a group of American hardbodied kids on an exotic foreign vacation--this time in Brazil. After a suspense-filled opening sequence of a speeding bus careening off a dangerous mountain (it's also tinged with just the right kind of humor), the kids wander into the seeming paradise of a secluded beachfront resort where they think nothing of locals who lure them one by one to their gruesome and shocking deaths. Hey, they're here to party! These excruciatingly graphic scenes unfold in the lair of a madman doctor named Zamora, who harvests organs of the still-living as a way of exacting revenge on American turistas to "give back" to the locals they exploit with their capitalist dollars. One such scene has the donor undergoing surgery without the help of anesthesia wherein the lovely young "patient" has the chance to see her still thriving innards pulsing warmly on her well-formed chest to the tune of her own screams. This stuff is not for the faint of heart (or liver, or kidney, or lungs, for that matter). But there is a fair amount of nicely staged tension, especially a "foot" chase scene in a water-filled cave that will give claustrophobics a whole new way to experience nightmares. The two most familiar faces are Melissa George and Josh Duhamel, from TV's Alias and Vegas respectively. Fans of this new world of extreme gross-out horror should be thankful that TV has plenty of cute young bodies waiting for their big screen break, no matter how many organs they have to donate to get there. --Ted Fry

Product Description

Rising star Josh Duhamel (TV's Las Vegas) leads a group of young backpackers who find themselves stranded on a remote Brazilian beach; an exotic paradise, with warm sunshine, cool ocean breezes, and plenty of hot bodies. But, after a night of partying, the wayward turistas are drugged and robbed, and their dream vacation becomes a gruesome nightmare. Trapped and desperate, the vulnerable travelers are lured deep into the menacing jungle and beyond, where a dark and twisted fate too terrifying to imagine awaits.

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29 of 32 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Like Hostel, But Better January 27, 2008
Format:DVD
Among the better movies from the recent batch of extreme/torture horror, it's a shame that Turistas is probably destined forever to live in the shadows of the "Hostel" series, because it's significantly better than either installment that Hostel has yet produced. Following an unmistakably similar plot as the first "Hostel" - although I think both movies started production at about the same time and this one just took longer to finish - "Turistas" finds (as does its better-known peer) a group of vacationers travelling to an exotic hot spot (in this case Brazil) for a fun-filled getaway, only to run afoul of a local group of brutal, torture-minded psychopaths. The main differences are, I guess, rather subjective. Personally, I thought Turistas was scarier and sexier than Hostel, and had more likable protagonists and more interesting villains. In the first half, there's little overtly horror movie-ish about the film: the main group is prevented from going to their upper-scale tourist destination because of a bus mishap, and ends up at a more off-the-main-path destination, a small village by the beach without the big hotels from tourist brochures, but with festive, smaller-scale, attractions - open air beach bars, big evening bonfire parties, all that kind of thing. They end up making friends with some fellow travellers and with the locals, but some of those locals have a keen interest in the newcomers that doesn't seem to be on the up and up. Come the next day, the vacationers find they've been robbed and the village starts to seem less than friendly, so, with the help of a local they've befriended, head off towards less threatening envirorns, travelling through a swath of rainforest on what turns out to be a very ill-fated trek. The sexy, fun-natured and sometimes humorous angles of the early parts end up meshing very well (and better than what might be expected) with the dark, deeply intense nature of the movie's second half.

Having established its tourist characters as actually likable and interesting, "Turistas" also brings up the level of its bad guys a bit more than a number of similar movies have done. The ringleader of the group, while certainly not rising to the level of a character like Jigsaw, is well-crafted and believable, a highly intelligent but unflichingly sadistic mastermind. For his accomplices, he's surrounded himself not only with like-minded psychopaths, but a few less obvious choices: desperate, confused and often embittered characters, who he's recruited by not only presenting to them the only feasible means out of their own destitution, but by being a smooth, manipulative talker who can paint even horrible acts (such as his 'organ-harvesting' operation) as being somehow justified. The prescence of these 'reluctant villains', and of the element of the evil charmer who's skilled enough to make people act in ways they'd normally never even consider, are both welcome angles.

With the movie developing into some intense battles, it's in ways like an action movie that's presented as a horror movie. It manages some genuine scares, and hits psychological horror notes as well as gory, visceral horror notes. Well acted and well directed, with impressive camerwork, especially in the underwater sequences. The movie utilizes a kind of unique use of lighting, and sometimes color, to create an effect that really captures the atmosphere and heat, making certain daytime scenes feel like they're drenched in hot sunlight.

"Turistas" is a fine addition to the pantheon of horror movies, and shouldn't be overlooked just because of its similarities to other movies, although the torturous nature of the organ-harvesters means that it's not for everybody. It is a reminder though, that just because a movie isn't exactly reinventing the wheel in terms of storyline, it can still be a great movie.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Deserves more credit................ April 15, 2008
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This movie is reminiscent of the movie HOSTEL only without as much gore. As a serious horror fan, I thoroughly enjoyed Hostel but every once in a while you need an intense thriller that focuses more on the tension of the situation than just blood and guts. This movie is that more tense/ less gore "Hostel". The themes are similar-- American/European tourists going on vacation to a foreign exotic country where they get way more than they bargained for when they fall into the sinister hands of a group of locals with other inhumane plans.... I thoroughly enjoyed the movie; the acting was pretty decent, nothing overtly cheesy and their responses and interactions were believable. I could realistically believe that this storyline could have actually taken place. The plot was nothing overly imagined nor too far fetched in my opinion. The characters were intriguing to watch-- likable personalities and sensual hard bodies *smiles*... I think this movie was good enough to have caught it on the bigs screen but popping it into your DVD player on a lazy Saturday is a good bet also. Overall a good "vacationers in danger" thriller.
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27 of 34 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Throwback to 70's horror... February 5, 2007
Format:DVD
I was suprised to find that this movie was pretty decent. The cast of characters were unsurprisingly one dimensional with very little to go on, such as perhaps understanding any single motivation. The acting is strictly mediocre, with some gaping holes in plot and logic. Nonetheless the film held my attention and was far superior to some of it's peers of late. The story itself is rather ludicrous, but looking past that, the arch of the film is interesting and the direction of the plot is somewhat unique in that it sets itself apart from its counterparts by breaking away from a few of the standard genre cliches. I was impressed by the action sequences, and the film get's huge bonus points for the locales and general atmosphere. I also of course love the fact that the movie is wonderful exploitative as far as making sweeping and hugely exagerated statements about Brazil and American tourists. It reminded me of some of the better 70's exploitation film (mainly Italian cannibal fair) in that it offers up some gruesome deaths in gorgeous exotic settings and plays on stereotypes and urban lore, to maximum effect. Not as smart as Hostel, but not as banal as Wolf Creek, this lands somewhere in the middle.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars It is like Hostel, but more Realistic.
Kudos to John Stockwell! Brazil needs to get over themselves.
Sorry, but Brazil is full of Macumba, Kimbanba practicing low level
entities who would, in my opinion,... Read more
Published 4 days ago by Carmen Y Bennington-Williams
5.0 out of 5 stars nice horror movie
this is a good horror movie a mix of in to the blue with hostel but in this time is Olivia Wilde nice nice nice good music, good argument, good dialogue, nice picture view, really... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Edward
4.0 out of 5 stars Best thing about this movie to movie to me is lead actor Josh...
I thought it was a pretty decent movie. I thought it was going to be one of those cheesy stupid gory movies but I liked it. Of course it helps that Josh Duhamel was in it. Read more
Published 3 months ago by TERESITA
3.0 out of 5 stars Was exciting at some points, but became dull and predictable
The acting was good but the storyline was vague and boring as it concluded. I liked some areas of the film which caught my interest but it wasn't long before I just didn't care... Read more
Published 4 months ago by J. A. Froomkin
3.0 out of 5 stars Not my usual cup of tea
Not my usual cup of tea, but I did enjoy it. It's a bit messy, especially when the main reason we should be afraid or disgusted comes around. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Kristin Chase
3.0 out of 5 stars A movie that will show you how low man can go
Organ taker: These kind of people are in the lowest parts of hell, and the movie will demostrate to you how low man can go. This is a ghastly horror story. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Luckyone
5.0 out of 5 stars Turistas
This movie was so intense it literally kept me off the edge of my seat. A friend told me about it saying I HAD to watch it. I could not believe the suspense. It was awesome.
Published 8 months ago by lislela
4.0 out of 5 stars Brazil, Body Parts, Back Packing Kids and (some) Gratuitous Nudity!
This is one from the `Backpacker Beware' genre, that really would put anyone off from going absolutely anywhere without a body guard. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Tommy D
3.0 out of 5 stars Not better than Hostel.
Worth watching at least one time. Turistas was an ok horror movie that has a similar story as the movie Hostel. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Dude
3.0 out of 5 stars 3 Stars, is about right.
Im glad that the average rating for this movie is 3 Stars, because i think that is what it deserves. I Bought this with high hopes, but i was let down. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Kaelan
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