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In this video, we will explain Turistas.
This movie tells the story
of a group of young backpackers' vacation which turns sour when a bus accident leaves
them marooned in a remote rural area with an ominous secret.
Will they be able to get out of the death that lurks at the end of their vacation?
Let's find out in Turistas.
Turistas began by showing a blonde woman who appeared to be wincing in pain on the operating table.
It is unclear what the woman's face was and what happened to her because the scene then
changed and showed a bus driving through a remote area in Brazil.
The bus seemed to be packed with passengers,
who were local residents and tourists from the United States who were backpacking there,
namely Alex, his sister Bea and Bea's friend, Amy.
Alex and the others intended to return to their country by sea transportation,
so they had to take a bus that would take them to the nearest port.
But then, the bus driver suddenly lost control and the bus drove in an unstable state,
almost bouncing into a deep ravine.
The passengers immediately saved themselves
by exiting through the window on the left before the bus finally plunged into a ravine.
Luckily, there were no casualties in the incident.
But all passengers are now stranded
and have to wait for the arrival of the next bus which cannot be determined at a time.
Some passengers decided to pick up their belongings which were left on the bus.
Alex and the others then became acquainted with two male tourists from England named Finn and Liam
and a female solo traveller from Australia named Pru who is fluent in Portuguese.
While waiting for the bus on the side of the road with other passengers, Bea took up her photography
hobby and took pictures of a boy who seemed happy to be the object of her photo.
However,
unlike the child, the boy's father felt annoyed and immediately kicked Bea out.
A quarrel between the boy's father,
and Bea and her friends almost broke out if Pru did not come and intervene.
Pru tried to explain to the man that Bea didn't mean anything bad.
She then told Bea and her friends that in this area there are rampant cases of trafficking in human organs,
especially children from local residents, so they increase their vigilance and are always suspicious
of tourists who come near their children.
Not wanting the problem to continue, Bea and her friends then took their belongings,
intending to find the nearest village to stay overnight because
it seemed that a new bus would arrive the next day.
However,
they found a stunning hidden beach before reaching the nearest village.
Not only that, but they also found a cabana bar which was quite busy with tourists.
They then unwind and get tired by swimming and drinking at the bar.
There, they meet a pair of tourists, Svend and Annika,
who persuade them to stay there one more night before heading home.
Bea and her friends seemed to agree with the idea,
especially after they got acquainted with a local man named Kiko who was very friendly and fun.
After spending the day at the beach, they had a vivacious party at the bar in the evening.
However, unbeknownst to them, they were treated to a drink that had been laced with drugs,
causing them to faint.
The following day, they wake up on a deserted beach.
All their belongings,
money, and travel documents were robbed.
While Bea and the others are confused,
Svend and Annika are kidnapped by a group of people and carried by using a bamboo stick.
When he gets a loophole,
Svend tries to save his girlfriend so he can escape from there and seek help. But unlucky,
the kidnapper brutally killed him, and Annika had to die because she fell into a steep ravine. While
looking for help in a nearby village, Bea notices a boy wearing Alex's hat. They immediately assumed
that the people in the village were responsible for their lost belongings. They immediately
chased the boy until finally Liam managed to knock him down by throwing a stone at the boy's head.
While asking for an explanation from the boy, a group of residents came to them and an argument
broke out between the residents and Bea's group. Pru tries to intervene, but she is having a hard
time because she is a tourist so the locals don't believe her. Not long after, Kiko, who apparently
lives in the village, comes and tries to save Bea and her friends from the rampage of the residents
who are starting to get unstoppable. After learning that Bea and the others had been robbed,
Kiko volunteered to take them to his uncle's house which was on the other side of the forest,
where they could wait for a ride. On the way there, Kiko shows them a cave under a waterfall,
leading to a village on the other side of the forest. However, when Kiko was about to swim
there, he suffered a serious head injury after hitting the steep rocks on the river bank. Bea
and her friends immediately rescued Kiko and took him out of the water. They rushed to find help
while carrying Kiko who was weak and helpless. After walking for a long time through the forest,
they found an uninhabited house in the middle of the woods. Although no one was in the house, they
found plenty of ready-to-eat food, clothes folded neatly in the cupboard, and several prescription
drugs, as well as a drawer containing a collection of other people's passports. After treating Kiko's
wounds, they immediately cleaned up and changed clothes and ate the available food because they
were so hungry. After that, they reluctantly decided to spend the night at that place while
waiting for Kiko to recover from his injury so that they could continue their journey together.
They were awakened in the middle of the night by the sound of approaching helicopters. Alex, who
was manning the living room, immediately informed his friends about the helicopter's arrival.
At the same time, Kiko immediately ran towards the helicopter while shouting in Portuguese. It turned
out that the helicopter was carrying a group of people consisting of several physicians and
armed henchmen. One of the women from the group then advised them to immediately flee from there
while there was still a chance. Knowing that the situation was getting dangerous,
Kiko hurriedly ran away from there, leaving the others behind. However, before Bea and
her friends had time to escape, they were beaten until unconscious. Not long after,
Amy and Finn, who were previously sedated, wake up tied up in an emergency operating room,
while the others are intentionally locked up in animal cages in the yard. Back in the
operating room, a man named Zamora who works as a doctor begins to perform surgery on Amy's body
to remove her organs. The man then explained to Finn that the theft of organs from Brazilians,
especially children, carried out by tourists was ruthless exploitation, so Zamora decided to repay
all of that by harvesting the organs of tourists and donating them to hospitals in Rio de Janeiro
so that later it can be used for the benefit of the poor. After Amy died on the operating table,
now it was Finn's turn to have his organs removed. On the other hand, one of Zamora's men who was
going to take Bea to the operating room was suddenly beaten by Kiko, and without thinking,
he immediately killed him. After that, Kiko then freed Bea and her friends from confinement. While
Bea and Pru escape into the woods and wait at the waterfall, Alex, Kiko and Liam return to the cabin
and try to save Finn and Amy. Because Amy is dead, they rush to get Finn out of the operating room.
However, this attempt caused a bit of an uproar that was noticed by one of Zamora's men, a man
with long hair. Alex and the others then went into hiding before being caught by Zamora's men.
They managed to injure the long man's leg. But unlucky, Finn is shot in the head while running
away. Alex and Kiko immediately run away, but Liam decides to stay and fight Zamora's henchmen.
But Liam's efforts were of course in vain as he was immediately incapacitated and taken away
for an organ harvesting operation which was delayed due to resistance from the tourists.
Meanwhile, Alex and Kiko, who were about to catch up with Bea and Pru,
finally found Bea hiding near the river, while Pru had already dived under the waterfall first.
With Kiko acting as a guide, Alex and Bea dive through the underwater cavern,
eventually meeting Pru again. While diving and swimming to the secondary entrance of the cave,
they found Zamora and several of his men also there. The man then shoots them in the water,
killing Kiko and injuring Alex's hand. Having no other choice, Alex, Bea and Pru are forced to
retreat into the cave. But then, Bea, unable to keep up with Alex and Pru's swimming abilities,
fell behind and was almost caught by Zamora's men. Bea put all her strength into fighting Zamora's
men. She manages to take an arrow from Zamora's henchman, stabs him in the neck and kills him.
After Bea catches up with Alex and Pru, the three can reach the cave's exit. But alas,
Zamora was waiting there. Alex immediately attacked Zamora and repeatedly hit the man
on the head with a rock. However, Alex was then interrupted by the arrival of a man
armed with a rifle. Zamora then instructs the longish man to kill Alex and the others. However,
when he saw Alex, Bea, and Pru who looked very vulnerable and scared and saw Zamora in pain,
the man hesitated. Pru then tries to convince the gunman to save them, pointing out Zamora's bad
treatment of him. For not obeying his orders, Zamora called the gunman a coward. But then,
Zamora was shot in the head by the man. After that, the man turned and walked away.
Soon after, Alex, Bea, and Pru come out of the forest and meet the local villagers who take
them inside. They immediately received treatment for their injuries and also received adequate food
and shelter to recover before returning to their respective countries. The film ends by showing
Alex, Bea, and Pru standing in line, waiting to board the plane in silence, while several tourists
behind them argue about getting on the bus. Alex then turns around and advises them to just take
the plane, remembering what he and his friends went through before deciding to take the bus.
During the return journey on the plane, Alex, Bea and Pru still seem very shocked by the terrible
incident they experienced, which also killed their other friends. The moral of this film is
that we should not do strange things in a country or environment that we do not know. And when
we want to go on vacation to a strange place, don't forget to inform the closest people and
find out in advance the place we are going to minimize the dangerous risks that may occur.