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DAY 1: The Ruins
On HBO

So alright, I was ready to hate this movie. I did end up seeing a part of this movie, but I barely remembered any of it. But it opens with your typical college kids partying hard and having fun and getting drunk and then the one girl in this movie goes fully nude and I was convinced this was going to be trash.

But honestly? It ended up pretty good. A group of college kids head to some ruins in South America while on a trip and then get confronted by Mayans (like, modern ones, not tribal ones) and they are very angry at them for heading to the ruins and they don't quite tell you why immediately. I don't want to give away too much, but the Americans all end up having to survive on top of the ruins, but there's a lot more involved.

I thought it was just going to be a typical "Americans end up running into foreigners and whoops they're very brutal" but it's a lot better than that. What ends up playing out is a lot better, if a little hokey at times. When the movie works, it absolutely works well. When it doesn't... you at worst just end up kind of bored. I wish it had done more with the much better parts, but I think it did a good job otherwise.

There was a scene in this movie that was absolutely chilling to me though. Like, I had to look away and I rarely ever do during horror movies. But it was done so effectively and the entire scene continues and gets even worse, and I'd probably say that's when the movie was most effective.

Overall, it's a flick that exceeded my expectations from the start, and it had some really clever ideas. It drags occasionally, but I'd recommend it if you want to see a unique take on... well, everything I just explained I guess.

Rating: 6.5/10

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