Chernobyl Diaries

Directed by Bradley Parker; starring Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Dimitri Diatchenko, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Devin Kelley, Jesse McCartney and Nathan Phillips.

By BK staff | Jun 21, 2012

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“You should avoid this movie as if it were radioactive.” Scott Nash, Three Movie Buffs

“A run-of-the-mill low-budget flick focused on killing off stupid, pretty young things slowly enough to fill out 90 minutes.” Alison Willmore, Movieline

“This is a standard-issue slasher movie without much slashing, substituting the Chernobyl-workers’ ghost town of Pripyat for the likes of Friday the 13th’s Camp Crystal Lake.” Ian Buckwalter, The Atlantic

“It takes a good hour for one of the leads to suggest that ‘we need to be smart about this.’ You want to be smart? Don’t take an unauthorized tour of a nuclear disaster site.” William Goss, Film.com

“You’d never wish tragedy upon anyone, but at some point the characters become harder and harder to feel sorry for. Get a clue, people.” Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic

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