When is chernobyl diaries coming out on dvd

Soon they discover that they are stranded, no one knows they are there and that they are definitely not alone. Experience the fallout. Rated R for violence, some bloody images and pervasive language. Did you know Edit. Trivia Oren Peli first thought of the idea for the story when he saw a photo blog posted by a girl traveling through Pripyat on a motorcycle [elenafilatova.

Goofs There is one nearly completed and one barely started cooling tower that was to be used for Units 5 and 6 of Chernobyl. The movie shows 3 or 4 completed cooling towers, which is not correct. Quotes Chris : I swear to God, Paul, it's a fucking hazard having you as a brother. User reviews Review.

Top review. Wrong Turn to Chernobyl. Chernobyl diaries documents the travels of four American tourists including Chris played by Jessee McCartney who stop in Kyiv to visit Chris's brother Paul before recommencing their travels across Europe.

After a night out, they propose to explore the abandoned town of Prypiat, the home of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant that previously hosted an infamous disaster. Of course, the horrors that surrounded the Plant have't quite dissipated and therefore something conspicuously sinister awaits these tourists. Whilst the film doesn't offer anything particularly new to the horror genre, it does offer some genuinely horrifying moments which will serve to sustain the audiences' attention throughout.

Though the characters aren't particularly interesting, they do form a likable group throughout the duration of the film and really authenticate the moments of horror. At times, the film verges on resembling a slasher - let's just see what's around the corner - kind of moments which prevent the film from constructing its own narrative based on this unique situation. Stylistically the film is interesting as it utilises the shaky camera aesthetic in the first half and then seems to divulge into a more traditional way of filming.

It's almost as if director Bradley Parker is creating two films concurrently; a shaky-cam experience of Americans stranded in Europe and a film about a group who are terrorised by zombie-like creatures. Producer Oren Peli has definitely made his presence aware, with the film's Paranormal Activity style "gotcha" moments which are often scary but also predictable and unimaginative.

The film could have focused on the origins of the Chernobyl disaster in some detail to provide a context for these creatures, though their behaviour would still have remained an enigma even with this explanation in place.

Are they hungry for human flesh or are they merely crazy? These questions are also evoked in the Wrong Turn films which this film is indebted with its depiction of mutants as the result of a radiation catastrophe. Are the mutants the real victims here? As well as paying homage to Wrong Turn, the film has a very Hostel-like feel with its commentary on Eastern Europe as a space of corruption and danger. The overall creepy, inauspicious atmosphere constructed in the film really lends credence to the horror depicted which compensates for what lacks in terms of the film's antagonists, whatever they are.

If anything is to be learnt from this film, stay the other side of the pond. FAQ 1. Where did the idea for this movie come from? Chris is travelling through Europe, along with his girlfriend Natalie and their friend, Amanda.

The group is making their way to Moscow, where Chris plans to ask Natalie to marry him. They meet up with another friend who proposes a trip to Pripyat, the town left devastated by the Chernobyl disaster. Chris is reluctant, but the rest of the group talks him into the adventure.

They are joined by another pair of backpackers and a tour guide, who knows how of an abandoned checkpoint they can use to get in. Planning to spend only a few hours inside a restricted neighborhood, the visit becomes permanent when the group loses their ride to safety and Chris is mortally wounded.

Facing the darkness alone, the frightened tourists soon realize the abandoned apartments and factories aren't actually abandoned, but inhabited by cannibalistic mutants, ready to devour fresh meat. With "Chernobyl Diaries," Peli hands creative control to Bradley Parker, a visual effects artist making his directorial debut, tasked with organizing a frightening tale of survival when most of the terror emerges from aural shocks and screams in the darkness.

It's not an inspiring launch to a celebrated moviemaking career, with Parker barely contributing an effort to inject creepiness into the proceedings, finding more pleasure focusing on the insipid banter shared by the visitors, most of it improvised, riddled with profanity to create "reality.

While the picture wins points for abandoning the tired "found footage" format swallowing the genre these days, "Chernobyl Diaries" doesn't do nearly enough with its dramatic angle. Most of the movie is devoted to dopey character interaction and the tentative inspection of areas near the power plant, finding a close encounter with a runaway bear the only real jolt in the first half of the film.

There's a barking mutant fish too, but I don't have a clue how to even begin to describe that brief bit of absurdity. Instead of feeling encroaching dread, the viewer is forced to endure untested actors indicating wildly to help them stand out in front of the camera, while batting around a little familial drama as Chris and Paul work out some brotherly trust issues as the day trip goes to hell. The script labors to establish a few emotional beats to help plug viewers into the mood of this bland group, but there's really no point.

I'd trade all the laborious interplay and formulaic backstories for one genuine scare. Once night falls and the gang is left to die in the dark, Parker doesn't crank up the intensity as expected, instead working tired haunted house tropes, following these individuals as they stumble around the unknown armed only with flashlights and the F-word.

Chernobyl is a ripe setting for some seriously unsettling business, but Peli and the production do nothing with the bleak potential. The mutant uprising is a disastrous creative choice, turning the endeavor into a mean-spirited cartoon with no one to root for and nothing to care about. There are also a few puzzling gaps in logic as well, including the character of Paul, who speaks fluent Ukrainian throughout the film, yet pleads for his life in front of Chernobyl guards in English. Chernobyl Diaries Blu-ray, Video Quality.

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