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Genuinely creepy, genuinely disturbing, genuinely unappreciated. The Ruins has everything you want in a horror movie, and as usual, it fails to get the respect it deserves.

This is gonna be a pretty short review seeing as there's not much to say about the film.  If you've seen the previews, you've pretty much got the whole movie. There's a serial killer on the loose and he's broadcasting his victim's torture and death on a website called KillWithMe.com.  Anyone who enters the site not only witnesses the torture and eventual death of the victim but contributes to their death.  The site comes to the attention of the FBI's cybercrimes unit.  Diane Lane is one of the investigators and happens to be assigned to head up the case and cooperate with the local sargeant played by Billy Burke.  Colin Hanks plays a fellow FBI agent and Joseph Cross plays the killer (don't worry, that doesn't give anything away). 

Basically, this movie has very few if any redeeming qualities.  The dialogue is terrible as is the acting - which really annoyed me because the actors themselves are all really good or at least have been in previous roles.  The plot is obviously predictable (I bet you can guess what happens in the end) and the direction leaves much to be desired.  The story actually has the potential to be interesting but the opportunity was wasted at every turn.