Chernobyl Diaries
Experience the Fallout
Experience the Fallout
Horror, Thriller
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2012
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A group of six tourists looking to go off the beaten path, hire an 'extreme tour guide' who, ignoring warnings, takes them into the city of Pripyat, the former home to the workers of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, but now a deserted town since the disaster more than 25 years earlier. After a brief exploration of the abandoned city, the group members find themselves stranded, only to discover that they are not alone.
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Runtime:
88 min
Release date:
24 May 2012
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$1,000,000
Revenue:
$18,112,929
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
You might actively root for their collective demise, if you could rouse yourself to care one way or the other. Go gallivanting in Chernobyl and you get what you pay for, nimrods.
– Dana Stevens,
Slate,
25 May 2012
rotten:
Standard-issue genre accessories (dank stairways, flashlights, overcast skies, frosty windows) abound; shocks are mild and few.
– Andy Webster,
New York Times,
25 May 2012
rotten:
The real stars of the movie are the tired devices and plot points. They're famous, but they're as old as Betty White: The Guide Is Dead, The Van Won't Start, Her Shirt Has a Plunging Neckline, Don't Go in There.
– Wesley Morris,
Boston Globe,
28 May 2012
rotten:
Director Bradley Parker shakes his camera around a lot.
– Hank Sartin,
Time Out New York,
29 May 2012
rotten:
Once the annoying, two-dimensional characters start getting bumped off one by one, it's just a relief that the actors have stopped improvising their own banal dialogue.
– Nigel Floyd,
Time Out,
19 Jun 2012