A group of international tourists seeking fun and adventure in Brazil get a lot more than they bargained for in the suspenseful horror film TURISTAS. Written by first-time screenwriter Michael Arlen Ross and directed by John Stockwell (BLUE CRUSH), TURISTAS, the first American film to be shot completely in the South American nation, is set in the Brazilian mountains, where Alex (Josh Duhamel); his sister, Bea (Olivia Wilde); and her best friend, Amy (Beau Garrett), are preparing for an eco-tour. But when their bus crashes, they are stranded with a group of locals as well as a handful of other tourists, including Finn (Desmond Askew) and Liam (Max Brown), two Brits looking for fast times and hot women, and Pru (Melissa George), a beautiful Australian traveling on her own who takes an immediate liking to Alex. In the middle of nowhere, they find a little oasis in a surprise sandy bar, where they get to know each other, drinking and dancing until they wake up the next morning, having been drugged and robbed of just about everything, with all remnants of the bar gone. They walk into an unfriendly town, but the only person offering any help at all is Kiko (Agles Steib), who might not exactly be leading them to safety. TURISTAS is a well-paced thriller that features brutal torture, violence, and a terrific, breathless underwater chase through some very cool caves. The film also succeeds as an examination of the fear--warranted or not--that some Americans feel in the international community post-9/11.

Theatrical Release: December 1, 2006

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case - Checkpoint, Lenticular, Sensormatic
Dual Side
Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
Dolby Digital DTS 5.1 Surround - English
Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo - French, Spanish
Subtitles - French, Spanish - Optional
Side A: TURISTAS - Widescreen Rated
Additional Release Material:
Alternate Scenes - Deleted Scenes
Audio Commentaries
Side B: TURISTAS - Widescreen Unrated
Behind the Scenes - 1. THE BLOODY TRUTH: THE SPECIAL EFFECTS OF TURISTAS
2. OUT OF BREATH: UNDERWATER PRODUCTION

Distributor Notes: Rising star Josh Duhamel (TV's Las Vegas) leads a group of young backpackers who find themselves stranded on a remote Brazilian beach; an exotic paradise, with warm sunshine, cool ocean breezes, and plenty of hot bodies. But, after a night of partying, the wayward turistas are drugged and robbed, and their dream vacation becomes a gruesome nightmare. Trapped and desperate, the vulnerable travelers are lured deep into the menacing jungle and beyond, where a dark and twisted fate too terrifying to imagine awaits.

Source: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Melissa George: 
Josh Duhamel: Actor, LAS VEGAS
Olivia Wilde: Actor, CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER WOMEN (2006)
Desmond Askew: Actor, TURISTAS, (2006)
Beau Garrett: American actor, TURISTAS/FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE...
Max Brown: Actor, TURISTAS, (2006)
Agles Steib: Actor, TURISTAS, (2006)
 Lunardi: Actor, TURISTAS, (2006)
John Stockwell: American Supporting Actor

John Stockwell: American Supporting Actor

Scott Steindorff: Producer, THE HUMAN STAIN (2003)
Bo Zenga: 
Marc Butan: Exectuvie Producer, RULES OF ATTRACTION (2002)

Paul Haslinger: Composer, UNDERWORLD (2003)

3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]his is an effective squirm-inducing thriller....The underwater sequence that precedes the finale is brilliantly realized."