2009 · thriller · mystery · adventure
A Perfect Getaway
Directed by David Twohy1h 38m2009
For their honeymoon, newlyweds Cliff and Cydney head to the tropical islands of Hawaii. While journeying through the paradisaical countryside the couple encounters Kale and Cleo, two disgruntled hitchhikers and Nick and Gina, two wild but well-meaning spirits who help guide them through the lush jungles. The picturesque waterfalls and scenic mountainsides quickly give way to terror when Cliff and Cydney learn of a grisly murder that occurred nearby and realize that they're being followed by chance acquaintances that suspiciously fit the description of the killers.
Our read: A Perfect Getaway (2009) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded thriller · mystery · adventure entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured thriller / mystery, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
- cold
- twisty
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