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Depp is Journalist Paul Kemp who arrives in Puerto Rico to write for the The San Juan Star. Kemp Immerses himself in the island's rum-soaked lifestyle, Aaron Eckhart is the shady property developer who recruits Kemp to write favourable things about his latest scheme, and it's down to the journalist to take the money or the moral high ground... 'The Rum Diary has loads of attractive elements the director 'Bruce Robinson responsible for 'Withnail & i' the beautiful setting, the excellent and faultless production design.

The Tagline reads ''One part outrage. One part justice. Three parts rum. Mix well''. sadly this does not mix well, the screen adaptation of the late Hunter S. Thompson does hold one's attention with a superb cast Johnny Depp, Aaron Eckhart Richard Jenkins, Giovanni Ribisi and Amber Heard. the film would have been a far better experience if they perhaps were given a longer running time, the book was excellent but this adaptation is rather rushed, perhaps the cutting room floor has a lot to answer for?

Johnny Knoxville hidden under an ace special make up effects job, portrays 86- year-old Irving Zisman who takes a trip from Nebraska to North Carolina to take his 8 year-old grandson, Billy,Jackson Nicoll back to his real father, along the way the pair set up some clever hidden camera stunts where the unsuspecting members of the public are unwittingly fooled by the pair via vulgar set ups. in all honesty there are a handful of belly laughs to be had, but the concept really should of followed the previous 'Jackass' outings by setting up hidden camera and doing skits/prat falls whereas the 'dramatic' story line is merely 'filler' to extend the running time amid a poor montage of skits, the Old people gone amok sch-tick was better suited in the previous instalment's.

A divorced mother, Catherine Hicks her young son A Christmas Story's Peter Billingsley and her new boyfriend American Graffiti's Matt Clark. set out on a road trip through Death Valley and run afoul of a local serial killer, Stephen McHattie co-stars who is as usual intense, a post John Carpenter's 'The Thing' Wilford Brimley shows up as the sheriff investigating the gruesome goings on,the gore is badly done in this one! it looks akin to bright red poster paint! one of the highlights is the scene with the greedy babysitter who gets her just desserts!

Death Valley s a great sounding premise, but sadly it runs out of steam and it is let down by an all to abrupt ending,