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Donkey Punch (2008) -- A botched sex act turns a hedonistic Mediterranean cruise into a deadly fight for survival when two girl friends face off against the group of boys who invited them aboard their luxury yacht.
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Donkey Punch (2008) -- Things go terribly wrong for a group of coeds partying on a yacht in this triller
Donkey Punch (2008) -- A 2008 British thriller film about a group on holiday in Spain who end up fighting for their lives

Overview

User Rating:
5.4/10   3,845 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Oliver Blackburn (writer)
David Bloom (writer)
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Release Date:
18 July 2008 (UK) more
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Tagline:
This party is going overboard
Plot:
Things go drastically wrong for a group of British holidaymakers in Spain. full summary | full synopsis
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Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)
Robert Boulter ... Sean
Sian Breckin ... Lisa
Tom Burke ... Bluey

Nichola Burley ... Tammi

Julian Morris ... Josh
Jay Taylor ... Marcus
Jaime Winstone ... Kim
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Directed by
Oliver Blackburn  (as Olly Blackburn)
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Oliver Blackburn  writer (as Olly Blackburn)
David Bloom  writer

Produced by
Mary Burke .... development producer
Peter Carlton .... executive producer
Will Clarke .... executive producer
Caroline Cooper .... development producer
Marlow De Mardt .... line producer
Lizzie Francke .... executive producer
Robin Gutch .... producer
Hugo Heppell .... executive producer
Mark Herbert .... producer
Angus Lamont .... producer
 
Original Music by
François Eudes  (as François-Eudes Chanfrault)
 
Cinematography by
Nanu Segal 
 
Film Editing by
Kate Evans 
 
Casting by
Des Hamilton 
 
Production Design by
Delarey Wagenar  (as Delarey Wagener)
 
Art Direction by
Marinda Richter 
 
Costume Design by
Sarah Ryan 
 
Makeup Department
Candice Drury .... assistant makeup artist
Sue Michael .... key makeup artist
Dominique Nogje .... assistant makeup artist
 
Production Management
Kate Fewins .... production manager: second unit
Barry Ryan .... head of production
Katie Shahrokh .... post-production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Lali Avis .... second assistant director
Nic Cherry .... third assistant director
Claire Norbury .... second assistant director
Barry Wasserman .... first assistant director
 
Art Department
Kore Antonsen .... storyboard artist
Karl du Preez .... props
Thabo Grobbelaar .... props
Nick Lauer .... construction manager
 
Sound Department
Ben Cross .... sound designer
Ben Harvey .... sound effects editor
Stevie Haywood .... sound recordist: UK
Tom Hutchings .... sound designer
Scott Jones .... sound re-recording mixer
Arthur Kondouries .... sound mixer (as Arthur Koundouris)
Greg Marshall .... supervising sound editor
Josh McHugh .... sound editor
Susan Pennington .... dialogue editor
Jacques Pienaar .... boom operator
Jamie Ritharom-Umbras .... dialogue editor
Leyton Rooney .... supervising foley editor
Roland Shaw .... sound editor
Samantha Storer .... boom operator: UK
 
Visual Effects by
Justin Lanchbury .... DI film consultant
Lewis Saunders .... compositor
Shanaullah Umerji .... visual effects producer
 
Stunts
Grant Hulley .... stunt coordinator
Pyranah Tsunts .... stunts
Morne van Tonder .... assistant stunt coordinator
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Neil Bailley .... assistant camera
Judas Banda .... best boy
David Bloomer .... still photographer
Darryl Boyce .... gaffer
Meike Chinnery .... focus puller
Bressler Daus .... grip
Tim Dean .... lighting technician
Tim Dean .... lighting technician
Grant Forbes .... gaffer
Philip Francis .... assistant camera
Naguib Fredericks .... second assistant camera
Tarique Fredericks .... vt ap
Neil Hermann .... still photographer
Siphiso Jezile .... grip
Norbert Kitshoff .... lighting technician
Volker Kreinacke .... camera operator
Given Mantwaba .... sparks
Regan Mitchel .... grip
Mphemelo Mlindazwe .... sparks
Igshaan Mohammed .... sparks
Bruno Shosha .... generator operator
Bevan Simpson .... lighting best boy
Steve Steenberg .... key grip
Sven Vosloo .... camera operator
 
Casting Department
Claire Catterson .... casting assistant
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Tracey Berg .... wardrobe supervisor
Nadia Botha .... wardrobe assistant
Nanuschka Hartig .... wardrobe stand-by
 
Editorial Department
Andrew Dearnley .... digital film supervisor
Justin Eely .... on-line editor
Andy Richards .... senior digital intermediate technician
Ryan Seegers .... assistant editor
Gareth Spensley .... colorist
Kristian Whitlock .... digital intermediate on-line editor (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Phil Canning .... music supervisor
 
Transportation Department
Charles Adams .... driver: cast
Giles Harris .... transportation coordinator
Ni Paul .... unit driver
 
Other crew
Jason Aereboe .... production assistant
Mark Arendse .... account assistant
Avlin Born .... script supervisor
Leonard Crooks .... head of New Cinema Fund: UK Film Council
Jason Martin .... marine coordinator
Leighla Mcgregor .... production secretary
Claire Moorsom .... script editor
Claire Moorsom .... story editor
Vincent Ndikumana .... production assistant
Allison Palmer .... production accountant
Capella Riley .... production coordinator
Petra Rolinec .... production secretary
Milton Schorr .... production assistant
Niall Shamma .... production accountant
Ed Suter .... scout
Monica Tyalana .... office attendant
Claire Warnes .... senior business affairs executive
Jeanne-marie Webb .... account assistant
Philiswa Xokozela .... office attendant
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Punch (UK) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for a scene of strong sexual content involving an aberrant violent act, graphic nudity, violence, language and drug use.
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99 min
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Although the film is set in Majorca the sequence when the girls are in the cab on their way out is filmed on the Costa del Sol, as illustrated by the road sign for Belamadena and Torremuel. more

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97 out of 147 people found the following review useful.
Donkey Pish, 9 July 2008
3/10
Author: DelBongo from Brighton, UK

I can't remember the last time that a movie squandered as much goodwill in such a short space of time as this one does. The first half is genuinely terrific, as six lairy, sexed-up twenty-somethings flirt, take drugs and confabulate on a yacht anchored off the coast of an unnamed Spanish island. Its like Hollyoaks as directed by Larry Clark, and it is totally gripping.

But as soon as the titular incident occurs (and the titular incident really does occur; just in case anyone else suspected that the title was merely a jocular come-on) the plot suddenly helter skelters straight into a brick wall; turning into the kind of dated, tiresome trash that isn't only shockingly predictable, but also entirely unaware of its own predictability. The film's twists are broadly apparent a full ten minutes before they occur on screen, which makes for an experience that isn't only boring, but also deeply and repeatedly annoying.

This is one of those thrillers in which every cast member gets a turn playing the volatile psychopath, purely because the script can't get around the fact that the previous character to go loopy has just been safely locked in a cupboard.

It never once stops being faultlessly directed - debutant Oliver Blackburn coaxes some really outstanding performances from his young cast, and there are a couple of devilish moments of genuine suspense and black comedy - but these jiffys are like a tiny number of slowly deflating rubber dinghies sinking into a gigantic ocean of generic pish.

People merely looking for explicit sex will be very well served, but the violence and gore is surprisingly tame for something that's being marketed as a plasma-stained killfest.

A very brief, but nevertheless apt and effective homage to Phillip Noyce's Dead Calm aside (a film so infinitely superior that I feel guilty for even having mentioned it here) this is just a shoddy, witless bore of a film.

And it all started so well.

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