Short Review: The trash heap.

Little more than a disposable, soulless, horror flick. Rich white American college kids go to Mexico and meet a rich German guy. The gang then heads out to some ruins where the German guy's brother is working on a archaeological dig. They arrive at the ruins to find the locals are all nervous and angry. The locals are all appropriately dingy, violent and reactionary. Remember that in the movies, Mexicans are generally treated like dirtier versions of American southerners - its only whites (and select friends) from the coasts who are clean, happy and smart. Hollywoof social policies aside, the whole point here is that there is something in the ruins and our hapless college kids are going to find it. Yawn.

The only good things I can say about this film is that it doesn't drag on too long, and it avoids the sanguine torture scenes so prevalent in horror movies today. If you're looking for mindless horror, you can do worse than this. If you're looking for something that is actually good, you will need to look elsewhere. Its as frivolous as it looks.


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