Chernobyl Diaries - It is totally safe, I promise

Well I wasn't expecting much going into this film. But that didn't really save this movie. This film starred Johnathan Sadowski, Jesse McCartney, and Devin Kelley. The Director was Bradley Parker, who isn't known for anything else. The film starts off with six tourists heading off with an extreme tour guide to go see the ghost town of Pripyat, the town where the workers at Chernobyl commuted from. Now I had the feeling, no no how about hope that this was a ghost story. But unfortunately the Director took the Hills Have Eyes approach, with minor tweaks to the antagonists. Now how do I judge the acting when all I saw these people do was run and scream and yell obscenities. People screamed at these mutants that you don't really get to see. So the acting was mediocre? I guess? I actually really really like the idea of a horror story in Chernobyl, the story behind the place and its history is very intriguing. In my opinion the story was tackled all wrong. At one point I thought the survival from the rabid and mutated wildlife was more eye catching then the "people". I had a hard time finding the movie scary or entertaining. With the exception of one thing, kids, creepy little children walking around and laughing in the shadows...Fuck That! Scares the crap out of me... The film started off as if it were being shot in a found footage style, I'm a little thankful it wasn't. I loved the location, I loved how dark and creepy it was, everything else was absolutely boring. I don't recommend this movie at all, if you must, red box it. I give Chernobyl Diaries a 1 1/2 out of 4. The half is for the location. I hope this film gets redeemed in some way. I would love to see a real horror story done in Chernobyl.