A Perfect Getaway
Newlyweds Cliff and Cydney are celebrating their honeymoon by hiking through a secluded region of Hawaii. With another couple, they discover that psychopaths are stalking and murdering tourists on the islands.
4 November 1970, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
11 November 1980, Detroit, Michigan, USA
17 December 1975, Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]
12 February 1959, San Juan, Puerto Rico
12 April 1974, Los Angeles, California, USA
September 24, 2012
The film is not a total loss due to its interesting use of suspense and its tactic of placing suspicion on every character. While it's not one of the best thrillers out there, you could easily do worse.
July 06, 2010
A riveting horror-thriller that should do for hiking in Hawaii what Hostel did for backpacking in Slovakia.
August 14, 2009
A Perfect Getaway is a little better -- well, a little stranger -- than most of the disposables this summer.
March 01, 2010
Twohy lets his story's central guessing game play out with patient tautness.
August 10, 2009
I just don't think there was enough drama in the first two-thirds of this movie.
August 20, 2009
Writer-director David Twohy (Pitch Black) serves up mechanical thrills culminating in a bogus twist ending
August 28, 2015
There's always something to be said for a psycho-thriller that delivers interesting characters in a cool setting.
August 14, 2009
David Twohy's taut, palm-sweating thriller has two things going for it: it keeps you guessing and it doesn't insult your intelligence.
July 21, 2012
Far from a perfect film, but it is a lot of fun. In the tradition of old-fashioned thrillers, the movie has some nice twists and turns in the plot.
December 18, 2009
A big-reveal thriller with surprises that really do surprise -- and are worth waiting for through an audaciously long buildup.
April 13, 2010
Twohy's script dares and succeeds in peppering the dialogue with funny insider references to Hollywood scripts and actors.
