The Ruins
Horror, Thriller
DreamWorks Home Ent.  (7/8/2008) 90 mins R

6.0 (15,470 votes)
Based on the terrifying best-seller by Scott Smith, The Ruins follows a group of friends who become entangled in a brutal struggle for survival after visiting a remote archaeological dig in the Mexican jungle where they discover something deadly living among the ruins. The Ruins stars Jonathan Tucker (Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Black Donnellys), Jena Malone (Pride and Prejudice, Donnie Darko), Shawn Ashmore (X-Men: The Last Stand), Laura Ramsey (She's the Man) and Joe Anderson (Across the Universe)....

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Cast and Crew
Jena Malone  ......  Amy
Laura Ramsey  ......  Stacy
Jonathan Tucker  ......  Jeff McIntire
Shawn Ashmore  ......  Eric
Joe Anderson  ......  Mathias
Sergio Calderón  ......  Lead Mayan
Director  .....  Carter Smith
Producer  .....  Chris Bender; Stuart Cornfeld
Writer  .....  Scott B. Smith
Notes
Goofs:
Continuity: When inside the ruins, Amy clearly loses her glasses while trying to escape from the vines. She and Stacy are pulled out of the ruins and she has no glasses. Two scenes later she is wearing her glasses again, then every scene after that she has no glasses, through the end of the film. (more)

Filming Locations:
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia (more)

Quotes:
[first lines]
Archeologist #2: Help me!
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Awards:
1 nomination (more)