A Perfect Getaway
A Perfect Getaway starts with a clever double entendre for a title and keeps the double talk coming right through to its twisted ending. In a corner of that paradise known as Hawaii two newlyweds Cliff (Steve Zahn) and Cydney (Milla Jovovich) are honeymooning in the 50th state and elect to take an overnight hike to a pristine but secluded beach. On the way they meet a couple of couples, one nasty - Kale (Chris Hemsworth) and Cleo (Marley Shelton) and one nice – kinda – that’s Nick (Timothy Olyphant) and Gina (Kiele Sanchez). Either of these newfound fellow hikers could be the psychopaths responsible for the recent murder of a bride and groom on a nearby island. Sounds pretty cheesy but it’s not. The tension is relentless but not jarring and unlike other such thrillers people are not systematically offed in geometric progressions of numbers and gruesomeness and in direct proportion to their sexual promiscuity. Here we manage to get away from that perfectly.