Movie Review: A Predictable Getaway (see what I did there? tehehe).

In the day and age of PG-13 thriller/horror flicks, it is refreshing to see a halfway decent rated R one. A Perfect Getaway is such a rated R thriller. It entails a honeymooning couple, played by Steve Zahn and Mila Jokvafoiajowiejfoawkef(chick from resident evil, I was too lazy to look up the spelling), on a trail on an island in Hawaii. When word gets out that there has been a newlywed couple slain on a nearby island they get a little paranoid. On the trail they encounter two other couples who may or may not be the killers. Each couple expects the other one as the first two acts of the film build up to a thrilling Rambo-style third act. Unfortunately, the first two acts? Not so good.

They marketed this film as an action packed thrill-ride with twists at every turn, and after seeing it I said to myself, "uh, kinda?". The thing is, is that the thrill-ride aspect of this film happens in the last act and the two acts building up to that are slow going, predictable, and somewhat boring. Get to the bloodshed. Please?

Steve Zahn and Mila Jolkavichoifwjaoiej meet up with the wonderfully charismatic Timothy Olyphant and...some chick...Olyphant almost saves the first two acts, almost.

Judging by the trailer the third couple, played by two people we don't care about, seem to be a big part of the film. They have a cumulative screen time of about twenty minutes. So what we get is the other two dis-interesting couples making there way to the beach, and at no point do either couple turn back in fear of being murdered because that would be the smart thing to do.

What also happens here is that Steve Zahn plays a screenwriter and throughout the movie Olyphant and Zahn have witty banter about cliche movie happenings or just about plot devices in general. This is to tease the audience about red herrings and possible twists however what it does, is that it just makes things more predictable.

Anyway the main problem with this film, for me anyways, was the fact that the way it was advertised was that it had some MAJOR HUGE TWIST at the end. It was a major huge twist. However, I saw it coming in the beginning of the second act. But hey, maybe I've seen too many movies and I'm too desensitized and maybe most people will have a good time with this. However with this knowledge I found myself wanting to get to the thrilling third act to see some action. Maybe the third act is worth sitting through....on DVD....

Now, this film is rated R so we do get a few fucks here and there, some sexual references, drug references, and intensity. And the action that is here really makes you feel it and cringe. It's bloody, it's suspenseful, it's about twenty five minutes. The parts that I didn't want to end did, and the parts that needed to die did not.

Catch this one on DVD if it's a slow night but fast forward to see some intense, gory, action.

Martin.