Overview
David Twohy (PITCH BLACK) directs this thriller that turns a married couple's first vacation together into a nightmare. While enjoying their honeymoon in Hawaii, a new husband and wife decide to go for a hike. But the area has been beset by murders of vacationers, and the newlyweds' meeting with a strange pair may mean they could be the next victims. A PERFECT GETAWAY stars Timothy Olyphant (LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD).
Awards:
Main Cast & Crew:
David Twohy - Director
Steve Zahn
Milla Jovovich
Timothy Olyphant
Kiele Sanchez
Katie Chonacas
Chris Hemsworth
Wendy Braun
Dale Dickey
Mercedes Leggett
Travis Willingham
Details
- Format: Blu-ray (Unrated Director's Cut)
- Run Time: 98
- Color Format: Color
- UPC: 025192035722
- Genre: Suspense
- Rating: R (graphic violence, language including sexual references and some drug use)
- Release Date: December 2009
Movie Reviews
Reviews:
3 stars out of 4 -- "David Twohy, the director, allows creepiness to steal into the film slowly, but soon the jungle shadows seem filled with menace." - 08/05/2009 Chicago Sun-Times
"The actors give themselves over to this elaborate game of Clue....Olyphant and Shelton seem to have fun with their roles, and it shows in solid performances..." - 08/05/2009 Hollywood Reporter
"Even if you know what's coming, it's a neat bit of meta-thriller filmmaking, as much about the mechanics of storytelling as a reasonably satisfying example of it." - 08/06/2009 A.V. Club
"A big-reveal thriller with surprises that really do surprise -- and are well worth waiting for....A PERFECT GETAWAY finds writer-director David Twohy in popcorn form with a muscularity not seen since 2000's PITCH BLACK." - 08/05/2009 Variety
"To Twohy's credit, he does a decent job of keeping you guessing -- and interested..." - 08/07/2009 Los Angeles Times
"In A PERFECT GETAWAY, the path of true love takes a twisted turn when faced with the threat of psychopathic killers on the loose....Lively and slick..." - 08/07/2009 USA Today
"A B-movie-style throwback that's consistently diverting and blissfully free of morals and messages....It's a genuinely satisfying cheap thrill." - 08/06/2009 New York Times
3 stars out of 5 -- "[A] high-grade b-thriller....It's sturdy genre fair..." - 08/06/2009 Box Office
"[T]he sense of impending doom is palpable. As thrillers go, the film is more nerve-wracking than most, and far better acted -- the four principals are terrific, particularly Jovovich, who gives a really nuanced performance." - 08/07/2009 Washington Post
"Steve Zahn makes full use of the many varieties of hyper in his acting arsenal, while Timothy Olyphant has a heckuva good time telegraphing macho mania." - 08/14/2009 Entertainment Weekly
