25 November 2012

Chernobyl Diaries

 USA, 2012, dir. Bradley Parker ****

The plot is simple: a group of friends who are visiting Ukraine decide to take a risky detour and hire a bus and guide to visit Pripat, the ghost city where all Chernobyl workers and their families used to live. It's an off-limits place because radiation is still quite high in some areas, access is very restricted and some days prohibited. The real shots of the abandoned city are amazing, as well as the plot. The worst happens of course, they get trapped and at night the vicious beasts come out to hunt their pray. The movie was also shot in Hungary and Serbia.

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