Review of Turistas (2006) by Paul W — 09 Apr 2008

Boring, uneventful. Amature script writing at it's best. ..or is it worst? well, you decide if you want to waste 96 minutes of your life.

This review of Turistas (2006) was written by Paul W on 09 Apr 2008.

Turistas has generally received mixed reviews.

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