A Perfect Getaway – Trailer

Om du er av typen som plukker opp haikere langs veien så slutter du kanskje med det etter å ha sett denne filmen. Den handler om et par på bryllupsreise på Hawaii. De reiser til en avsides del av øya. Der plukker de opp et haikende par som virker veldig hyggelige. Men det er noe som ikke stemmer, og magefølelsen viser seg å være riktig.

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A Perfect Getaway

Theatrical poster
Directed by David Twohy
Written by David Twohy
Starring Timothy Olyphant
Milla Jovovich
Kiele Sanchez
Chris Hemsworth
Marley Shelton
and Steve Zahn
Music by Boris Elkis
Distributed by Rogue Pictures
Release date(s) United States
August 7, 2009
United Kingdom
August 12, 2009
Running time 97 min.
Language English
Budget $14,000,000 [1]
Gross revenue $20,038,945 [2]

A Perfect Getaway is a 2009 thriller film written and directed by David Twohy, and stars Chris Hemsworth, Milla Jovovich, Kiele Sanchez, Timothy Olyphant, Steve Zahn and Marley Shelton. The film was shot in Puerto Rico and Hawaii, and was released on August 7, 2009 in the US, and on August 12 in the UK. The film received mixed to positive critical reaction[3] and was a minor financial success.

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Plot summary

An young American couple, Cliff and Cydney are celebrating their honeymoon by hiking to a remote beach in Hawaii. The couple comes across two hitchhikers, Cleo and Kale, and a group of frightened hikers discussing a double murder in Honolulu of another newlywed couple on the island, with the victims having their teeth pulled out, and they begin to question whether they should turn back.

Unsure whether to stay or flee, Cliff and Cydney join up with another couple, Nick, who claims to have a titanium plate in his head and be a former special forces operative, and his longtime girlfriend, Gina, a former butcher. Far from civilization or rescue, everyone begins to look like a threat and nobody knows whom to trust. Gina and Cydney swap personal stories, and Cydney tells Gina about Rocky, a former lover who murdered a neighbor’s dog and displayed the corpse while the two were having sex and threatened to kill her if she ever told. Eventually the two couples spy a police helicopter arresting Cleo and Kale, and a search of Kale’s bag reveals a Dentyne Ice box full of human teeth. Gina and Cydney reveal that each thought that the others were the killers, and the group continues to the beach.

After Cliff and Nick go kayaking to a nearby cove, Gina begins to video tape the men leaving. As she checks the footage, she notices that the camera’s SD card, where still the photos are stored is in its slot. Gina inserts the memory card with and looks through what she thinks is the Vliff and Cydney’s wedding photos. At the end she sees the wedding couple in a shot that reveals that the two people she has been travelling with are not the real Cliff and Cydney. They are impostors. A series of flashbacks reveal that Cliff and Cydney are the killers, and have been killing people and then stealing their identities by ingratiating themselves with other couples while on vacation to learn their personal histories, mannerisms, and speech patterns. They killed the newlyweds from the wedding video and changed their appearances to look like them. We learn Cliff, revealed to be Rocky from Cydney’s story, has been killing newlywed couples ever since he murdered the dog. Cydney, who was forced and eventually enjoyed participating in the murders, and Cliff learned more about their victims from all their friends and family talking about them in the wedding video. Earlier, Cliff planted the teeth in Cleo’s bag to frame both her and Kale.

Gina winds up on the top of the cave and sees Nick & Cliff below. Cliff shoots Nick in the back of the head, causing him to capsize. Cliff shoots at Gina but misses. Cydney fights Gina, but Cydney is thrown down and lands in the water. Gina runs and tries to call for help, but fails, and is nearly caught by Rocky before stabbing him through the hand with Cydney’s knife. Gina runs, encountering another group of hikers looking for the stolen kayaks. Rocky attempts to convince the group that Gina is a crystal meth addict, and is having a delusional episode. His act seems convincing until one of the hikers, an EMT, points out that Rocky, not Gina, appears stoned, and Rocky shoots the entire group.

Meanwhile, Nick, having been saved by his titanium skull plate and hiding in the air pocket under the kayak, wakes up in the cave and goes to save Gina. Nick attacks Rocky, splitting his hand in half with a hatchet. Meanwhile, Cydney flags down a police helicopter. After nearly killing Rocky with the killer’s .45 pistol, Gina jumps in the way of a police sniper and convinces Nick to drop the weapon, and the two embrace. Cydney sees Nick and Gina together and decides she will not go to prison for Rocky. She realizes how much she has changed for the worse, calling him, “The guy that fucked up my life.” Cyndey informs the cops that the real killer is Cliff, and points out that he’s going for the gun while Nick and Gina have their backs to him. A sniper sees this and shoots Cliff in the forehead, killing him. It is unknown whether Cydney herself was arrested.

Gina and Nick are in the helicopter, and Nick proposes to Gina. After accepting, both suggest in unison to have no honeymoon.

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Soundtrack

  1. Hey, Hey, Hey by Tracy Adams
  2. Paradise by RooHub
  3. Need Your Love by The High Tide Spirits
  4. Boom Chic Boom by Chic by Tracy Adams
  5. Red Dress Baby by Doll by Tracy Adams
  6. Ghetto Chronic by Tracy Adams
  7. The Wretched by Nine Inch Nails
  8. I’m Yours by Jason Mraz

Reception

The film has achieved mixed to positive reviews from critics. Based on an average of 22 reviews, Metacritic gave the film 63 out of 100.[4] A Perfect Getaway also averages 58% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 115 reviews.

The New York Times gave the film 80% and referred to it as a “genuinely satisfying cheap thrill”.[5] More mixed reviews include the Times Online which gave the film 3/5 stars, adding that it is a “smart” thriller but is a “little too tricky for its own good”.[6] Additionally, The Guardian only rated the film 60% saying that the film is a “flawed but entertaining thriller”.[7]

The film grossed $5,948,555 in its opening weekend within America.[8] Furthermore, its first week in the UK saw the film make £418,703 and reach number 10 at the UK box office.

Release

The release in the US Cinemas was on 07 August 2009. The unrated directors cut DVD and Blu-Ray is coming out on 29 December 2009.[9]

References

  1. ^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=perfectgetaway.htm
  2. ^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=perfectgetaway.htm
  3. ^ A Perfect Getaway Movie Reviews Rotten Tomatoes
  4. ^ A Perfect Getaway reviews Metacritic.com
  5. ^ Movie Review – A Perfect Getaway NYTimes.com
  6. ^ A Perfect Getaway review Times Online.
  7. ^ A Perfect Getaway – Film Review The Guardian.
  8. ^ A Perfect Getaway Box Office Takings.
  9. ^ A Perfect Getaway Coming Home