Monday, November 19, 2012

Chernobyl Diaries 2012


     Americans Natalie and Chris are traveling with their friend Amanda across Europe.  They stop in Kiev, Ukraine to visit Paul, Chris’ brother.  At breakfast, Paul suggests they go with a guide to tour Chernobyl, the damaged Russian nuclear reactor.  They meet up with another couple, Zoe from Norway and Michael from Australia also booked the trip.
    This film has the typical horror movie pattern, the group is denied entrance to the reactor location but they find another entrance.  Shoulda and coulda backed out but didn’t!  The guide finds evidence of a campfire but he hides the ashes?  A large bear runs through one of the buildings?  Now we know there are people and animals.  When they race back to their vehicle, it won’t start.  Pattern established.  The first ones to leave the group are goners, or they will be injured.  If the group separates, more are goners.  Predictable and I didn’t like the ending.  2 ½* (Just so-so)

86 min, Horror directed by Brad Parker with Ingrid Bolso Berdal, Dimitri Diatchenko, Olivia Dudley, Devin Kelley, Jess McCartney, Nathan Phillips, Jonathan Sadowski.

Note:  Blockbuster 2 ½*, imdb 5.1 out of 10, 20% critic 30% audience on Rotten Tomatoes. 

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