a5c7b9f00b After an earthquake erupts in Chile, tourist discover that a neighboring prison in the area collapsed in the event, and all surviving criminals managed to break free. Soon they learn that the most terrifying thing, more threatening that Mother Nature, is what she created. In Chile, a group of travelers who are in an underground nightclub when a massive earthquake hits quickly learn that reaching the surface is just the beginning of their nightmare. A really slow start - skip to about 0:20 or 0:25 or so, a few minutes before the earthquake starts. <br/><br/>After that it&#39;s just one d*amned thing after another when the earthquake cracks open the prison and the inmates run wild. Rather grisly and unpleasant scenes, but not unrealistic, which just made them worse. A handful of travelers partying hearty in Chile manage to survive a sudden earthquake, but find staying alive extremely difficult thanks to a band of vicious looters and a group of equally dangerous inmates who have escaped from a nearby penitentiary. Director Nicholas Lopez, who also co-wrote the dark and twisted script with Eli Roth and Guillermo Amoedo, relates the entertaining story at a brisk pace, adeptly shifts the tone from amiably silly comedy to a more uncompromisingly bleak and harsh sensibility at the thirty minute mark, draws the engaging main characters with admirable depth, delivers a handy helping of outrageously gruesome gore, offers a strong mood of mounting dread, panic, and chaos, presents a few welcome moments of real touching humanity amid all the grim mayhem, and tops everything off with a wickedly funny sense of pitch-black humor. Moreover, the thumping soundtrack and the lively evocation of the raucous nightclub scene provides an ultra-kinetic buzz while both Lopez&#39;s take-no-prisoners nihilistic attitude and the uncompromisingly gritty depiction of how a crisis situation brings out both the best and worst in people gives this picture an extra fierce bite. The zesty acting by the enthusiastic cast ratesanother major asset: Roth registers wellaffable bumbling tourist Gringo, Nicholas Martinez likewise makes a favorable impressionjolly fat horndog Pollo, plus there are sound contributions from Ariel Levyhapless goofball Ariel, Natasha Yarovenkosultry Russian model Irina, Lorenza Izzoflighty and selfish party girl Kylie, Andrea OsvartKylie&#39;s uptight buzz crusher sister Monica, and Ramon Llaosavage gang leader Ramon. Both Antonio Quercia&#39;s glossy cinematography and Manuel Riveiro&#39;s dynamic score are up to speed. Good nasty fun. A movie that tends to stick to formula, offering up minimal scares amid scattered moments of gross-out bliss.
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