You may think the enemy is Al Qaeda, but you better be careful what you do while watching for them.A group of soldiers make the mistake of unleashing the Djinn, who exist alongside humans and angels, and make up the triumvirate of God's creation. The Djinn are mentioned frequently in the Qur'an, and there is a Surah entitled Al-Jinn.They are stuck in a house watching a road you can't even see, when a woman shows up. Not a good idea with six horny GIs who have nothing to do.One of the group starts having some strange dreams in this film that is more a psychological thriller than horror. The others are having flashbacks to the atrocities they committed.Soon, the members of the group start turning on each other with deadly consequences.Then there is only one left with the Djinn. Who will win? Fascinating story with some great cinematography. Not a bad 89 minutes. It even had J.K. Simmons at the end.

I a hate to brag about my knowledge of horror films but it is huge and this film has completely taken my breath away. I must have seen hundreds of horror films that couldn't compete with anything like this.Basicaly what I am saying is ignore how everyone belittles this film as it's a masterpiece. the acting is unbelievably good, the plot is brilliant, I do admit at times it dragged on for a few minutes but just put yourself in the position of being stranded in the desert with people being slaughtered left right and centre, your friends and your brothers in arms, hell you cannot trust next to nobody. Just watch it love it and be thrilled. Acting-9/10 plot-7/10 end-9/10. love to see a red sands 2.

In the Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan, the Staff Sergeant Marcus Howston (Leonard Roberts) is assigned to stay temporary based in the desert nearby Kabul with six other soldiers guarding a road that they can not see from Al Qaeda. While patrolling the desert, they find a millenary temple with a stone carved idol; their translator Gregory Wilcox (Callum Blue) explains that worshippers come to that place to idolize Djinn, a race that have hatred for humans and was made by Allah from the smokeless flame in the beginning of the times in accordance with the Islam and pre-Islamic Arabian folklore. One racist soldier shots the statue that falls apart, unleashing a supernatural force. They camp in an abandoned house and during a sand storm, a Muslim woman (Mercedes Masöhn) comes out of the blue. Sooner they find that their truck was sabotaged and their communication broke down. The group stranded in the middle of nowhere gets mad and they are consumed by their sins and guilty."Red Sands" is a claustrophobic and tense psychological horror movie, with a great surrealistic story that can be interpreted as a madness process of a group of soldiers stranded in a place that they do not understand the culture and the language. There are many racist and stupid dialogs and situations, like when the sexist soldier shots an archaeological site, but what else could the viewer expect from invaders under stress? The distributor Sony of Brazil shows a total lake of respect with the Brazilian consumers, releasing a shameful DVD without subtitles in Portuguese. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "Força Maligna" ("Malign Force")

I've seen this plot twice before. American troops in the Middle East unleash ancient monster trapped by some magic, monster proceeds to kill and maim. The two previous versions were Sci-Fi's "Manticore" and "Monster Ark". This one was a little better than those other two, but it's a leper with the most fingers honor- dubious to say the least.I have to admit, this one is a little better than the other two. First, the actors were plausible as soldiers. They got the uniforms right, they got the equipment right, they got the procedures mostly right. (Some things they got wrong for dramatic effect, but it's forgivable.) The film had a good budget, but followed the rule of not revealing your monster until the end of the film. Given the monster was rendered by some very poor CGI, that's probably for the best. The director instead substituted some atmospheric chills.I'm probably giving this a better rating than it deserves, but that was only because it was so much better than those other two.