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Bookmark this pageA Perfect Getaway (2009)
Director: David Twohy
Movie review
From Time Out London
With no A-list stars and a modest budget, David Twohy’s taut, palm-sweating thriller has two things going for it: it keeps you guessing and it doesn’t insult your intelligence. Set on the Hawaiian island of Kaui, where a nine-mile trail winds through the jungle to an idyllic beach, it’s kick-started by the news that a couple has killed some honeymooners.We’re then introduced to nerdy, newlywed screenwriter Cliff (Steve Zahn) and his wide-eyed wife Cydney (Milla Jovovich), who upset tattooed hitchhiker Kale (Chris Hemsworth) and his cowed wife Cleo (Marley Shelton) when they refuse them a lift. Also on the trail are yarn-spinning ex-soldier Nick (Timothy Oliphant) and his chatty Southern girlfriend Gina (Kiele Sanchez), an outdoors gal capable of skinning a hunted goat. But an Cliff and Cydney trust them any more than the aggressive hitchhikers?And will they make it out alive? As suspicion falls on each couple in turn, Twohy (‘Pitch Black’) sustains the tension by constantly undermining our sense of certainty.
Author: Nigel Floyd
Time Out London Issue 2034, 13-19 August, 2009
User reviews of this film
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- Thomas Noctor said...
- Posted on Oct 12 2009 19:19 As a massive movie and horror fan I thought this was muck. Predicted the end a half hour in. It contridicted itself lots of times. Boring piece of rubbish, stay away thriller/horror fans. No stars, a contender for worst film since Drag Me To Hell
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- XXXxxxXXXsexXXXxxxXXX said...
- Posted on Aug 24 2009 15:57 SUPER BUT SHOULDA BEEN 12 A
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- critique said...
- Posted on Aug 20 2009 17:31 Reasonable suspenser with a fairly predictable "twist".
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- Mike said...
- Posted on Aug 17 2009 19:47 Amusing in parts (unsure if it was all intentional) but pretty standard fodder, with a 'twist' anyone with half a brain can see coming ten minutes in. **
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- CS said...
- Posted on Aug 17 2009 17:03 Thought the film was hilarious!! It was entertaining to the end, but littered with extreme improbabilities that made me laugh a fair amount. Don't think that was the director's intention. Don't quite think it worked as well as it could have, but a solid three stars for sheer ludicrous entertainment value.
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- auldy said...
- Posted on Aug 15 2009 17:05 just saw this film and it is wicked. Timothy Oliphant is wicked in it. Keeps you guessing
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Posted on Aug 14 2009 14:38
awsummm supa dupa
scary
but awsssuummm - Report as inappropriate
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- finch said...
- Posted on Aug 14 2009 14:37 pretty good not to realy scary but good
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- Hannah said...
- Posted on Aug 14 2009 14:36 supa scary but supa goooodddd luvin it lol
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- Jorde said...
- Posted on Aug 14 2009 14:33 awsome film superb super recomend it.
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Cast & crew
Director: David Twohy
Cast: Steve Zahn, Timothy Olyphant, Milla Jovovich, Kiele Sanchez, Marley Shelton, Chris Hemsworth full cast
Genre(s): Horror
Rated: 15
Duration: 97 mins
UK Release: Aug 14 2009
US Release: Aug 14 2009
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