antoniasnyder This is a very good psychological horror adapted from a well-received book. The story concerns two American couple who somehow end up perched on a Mayan pyramid in the middle of nowhere, with the indigenous people waiting for them with bows and arrows on the other side. Also, the pyramid has some evil spirit or something that makes the vines and bushes growing on the pyramid so strange things. The direction is good and the characters are well etched- in fact the first half hour or so is simply buildup. This is a psychological horror and you will be surprised by it.

Nigel P 'Once there was a girl who got so drunk one night she stuck her tongue down some guy's throat,' relays one character to another member of his group of friends, eager to stir up some bad memories for Amy (an initially fragile performance from Jena Malone). Therein lies the first dilemma for this bunch of pretty boyfriends and girlfriends who, whilst holidaying in Mexico, allow themselves to be talked into investigating some ruins by fellow tourist, German Mathius (Joe Anderson). Although the friends are fairly appealing, their typical perfect-teen dramas in paradise are far from enthralling.But stick with it. As is often the way, when the poor blighters begin to suffer – and when they do, your heart genuinely goes out to them – then things become a lot more interesting. Of course, you wouldn't expect their obligatory cell phones to work deep within Mayan territory. And, unless you have read the novel on which this is based, you almost certainly wouldn't expect the antagonists to be malignant vines that grow throughout the temple's architecture. These spitefully lethal tendrils are a terrific surprise and a welcome break from sleek-jawed vampires and ubiquitous zombies who have for years made their presence felt in cinema. It is the way they are realised and what they do that makes them horrific – crawling over sleeping bodies during the night, entering the various wounds the youngsters have picked up and flourishing under their skin. They emulate sounds, their flower-heads singing like birds, simulating the chirping of a distant phone signal or, even more cruelly, copying the shrill cries of human distress: mimicking, even mocking the group they are infiltrating.'Four Americans on a vacation don't just disappear,' says Jeff (Jonathan Tucker) optimistically and with conviction. Whether his is right or not is a spoiler I'm not going to reveal. Infection, amputation, possession – it's all here. Recommended.

chalcedonydream Flesh eating plants that can mimic mobile phone ring tones - really? I gave it 3 points because both Jonathan Tucker & Shawn Ashmore did a pretty good job (considering the low grade script and storyline). These are 2 pretty good young actors who have shown elsewhere that their abilities warrant more than this film allows. Sadly both females were harking back to the bad old days of horror where all women did was scream a lot. Hopefully they will be able to show more acting talent in future ventures. The highlight for me was seeing Shawn Ashmore with an amazing head of curly hair.I'm glad I didn't pay to see this at the cinema as I would have been very disappointed.

Ashlyn Monte A couple of years ago I had found the book The Ruins it was an excellent book it's very descriptive so I watched the movie it was kinda disappointing at first because they left out major detailing and they changed a lot of parts so I reread the book and I realized why they changed them cause it was similar to a couple other books and movies but The Ruins is an extraordinary read and movie it has a lot of graphic moments definitely not for anyone under 13 there are some inappropriate scenes that include violence swearing drinking etc. it's a very excellent movie it deserves a 10/10 I highly recommend it for sleepovers movie nights a at home movie date a black hearts party anti valentines day and many more