A Perfect Getaway

A Perfect Getaway seemed like it would be good, if it was done right. It was absolutely done right. Cydney (Milla Jovovich) and Cliff (Steve Zahn) are on their honeymoon in Hawaii. Sort of an odd couple, but it works really well. She seems very adventurous, while he, a Screen writer, is very uptight. They purchase tickets to hike a trail along the island, and on their way there they stop to pick up some hitchhikers. Kale (Chris Hemsworth of the yet to be released Thor) and his wife are not the type of people you would want to give a ride to. After a heated series of back and forths they decide not to take them anyway, and leave them stranded on the road. Now on the trail, our newlyweds come to their first obstacle, but luckily Nick (Timothy Olyphant) is there to help. A friendship is starting between the three of them, but Cliff is always uneasy. When Nick discovers that Cliff is a screen writer, the movie turns really funny. Timothy Olyphant talking Nic Cage was great. Gone in sixty seconds anyone? I Love movies that talk movies. While on the trail they hear about some murders that have happened the day before. The details are sketchy, but it is said it's a man and a woman to which Nick replies, "sounds like Natural Born Killers". Cliff and Cydney think nothing of it until they realize Nick is on his way to meet his girl, then the gears start turning. The directing is genius, and the acting is superb. Like any good thriller, it keeps you guessing the whole time. This film does a great job of sending us one direction, only to detour in the complete opposite direction. Who is the killer? Kale has some great screen presence. Every scene he shows up in is really uncomfortable, in that good, hair tingling way. First we think its Kale, then Nick, then Kale again, but it does a good job of masking who we should think the killers are. Flip Flop little rabbit. (I don't know what that means). I really enjoyed every aspect of this thriller. I do think Olyphant is the best part of it all. He is constantly spilling details about his own life as a "serviceman" throwing plot points to Cliff for a screen play. He is a self proclaimed "American Jedi", title 1 of his script, and he is also "unkillable" (his words, not mine). This movie is so fun to watch. So who is the killer? Watch and see. Good turns and Great twists make this movie unmissable.

NBM rates A Perfect Getaway - Awesome

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