A Perfect Getaway (2009)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

David Twohy

Writer (WGA):

David Twohy (written by)

Release Date:

7 August 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Let The Games Begin.

Plot:

Two pairs of lovers (Zahn & Jovovich, Olyphant & Sanchez) on a Hawaiian vacation discover that psychopaths are stalking and murdering tourists on the islands.

Plot Keywords:

Island | Murder | Newlyweds | Tourist | Honeymoon

Cast

Steve Zahn	...	Cliff
Timothy Olyphant	...	Nick
Milla Jovovich	...	Cydney
Kiele Sanchez	...	Gina
Marley Shelton	...	Cleo
Chris Hemsworth	...	Kale
Anthony Ruivivar	...	Chronic
Dale Dickey	...	Earth Momma
Peter Navy Tuiasosopo	...	Supply Guy
Wendy Braun	...	Debbie Mason
Jim Cruz	...	Helicopter Pilot
Angela Sun	...	Counter Girl
Leandra Gillis	...	TV Anchor
Amit Yogev	...	Waiter
Carlos Alberto Lopez	...	Camera Samaritan

MPAA:

Rated R for graphic violence, language including sexual references and some drug use.

Runtime:

98 min | 108 min (unrated director's cut)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #45047) | Netherlands:16 | Ireland:16 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:18A (Alberta) | South Korea:15 | UK:15 | Australia:MA

Filming Locations:

Aguadilla, Puerto Rico

Company:

Davis Entertainment

Trivia:

In addition to working together on this film, Milla Jovovich and Timothy Olyphant have both worked on films that were adaptations of video games.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the beginning of the movie, Cydeny (Milla Jovovich) hangs her feet out of the jeep and they are almost hit by a tree while passing. A short while after, it is noticeable that she has red nail polish on her toenails. However, later on in the movie, in various scenes that show her feet, she no longer has nail polish.

Quotes:

Nick: How many people?
Cliff: About enough, to get good at it. Aw! I bit my tongue, I hate that.
Nick: That's gonna stop hurting in a second.
Cliff: Oh, why Nick? You think this is it? Huh? Bad guy buys it, crowd goes nuts. You know what I hate about that ending besides from being cliché? It's your version of reality pally... not mine! Oh, it feels so good to squeeze that trigger right now, wouldn't it? Yeah! If you kill me, you kill yourself! Oh, you ain't gonna do that.
Helicopter Pilot: Weapon down! Put your weapon down!
Cliff: You got too much to live for, you got to many attachments. You're just too soft! Here kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Girls Next Door: Meet the New Girls (#6.1)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

Paradise

A Solid and Quick Moving B-Picture

A Perfect Getaway {dir. David Twohy,2009}

**½/****

A solid, fast paced B-thriller with winking (and surprising) sense of humor, A Perfect Getaway is not as much of a stiff genre exercise as the ads may make it seem. It is true, there is a final twist, but it falls in line with the rest of the film: a slightly off-kilter, audacious, but entertaining endnote. As an exercise of set up and payoff, both halves of the film work fairly well on their own terms, but I cannot help but wish that the first half had a bit more palpable Hitchcockian tension and suspense instead of "Scream"-like rib nudging . Nevertheless, this is involving enough and thrilling enough to be worth at least the price of a matinée, providing that your willing to suspend your proverbial disbelief.