A Perfect Getaway (2009)

Director:

David Twohy

Writer (WGA):

David Twohy (written by)

Release Date:

7 August 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Let The Games Begin.

Plot:

Two pairs of lovers (Zahn & Jovovich, Olyphant & Sanchez) on a Hawaiian vacation discover that psychopaths are stalking and murdering tourists on the islands.

Plot Keywords:

Island | Murder | Newlyweds | Hawaii | Tourist

Cast

Steve Zahn	...	Cliff
Timothy Olyphant	...	Nick
Milla Jovovich	...	Cydney
Kiele Sanchez	...	Gina
Marley Shelton	...	Cleo
Chris Hemsworth	...	Kale
Anthony Ruivivar	...	Chronic
Dale Dickey	...	Earth Momma
Peter Navy Tuiasosopo	...	Supply Guy
Wendy Braun	...	Debbie Mason
Jim Cruz	...	Helicopter Pilot
Angela Sun	...	Counter Girl
Leandra Gillis	...	TV Anchor
Amit Yogev	...	Waiter
Carlos Alberto Lopez	...	Camera Samaritan
Katie Chonacas	...	K.C. Girl #1
Natalie Garza	...	KC Girl #2
Lindsay Halladay	...	KC Girl #3
Mercedes Leggett	...	Katie Nakamura
Leif Riddell	...	Perimeter Cop
Matt Birman	...	Trekker
Tory Kittles	...	Sherman / Kayaker
Brandon Olive	...	Rick / Kayaker
Holt McCallany	...	Police Lieutenant
Isaac Santiago	...	Police Shooter
Gugun Deep Singh	...	Woody
Ryan Gesell	...	Groom
Evelyn Lopez	...	Bride
John T. Cogan	...	Best Man
Michael Traynor	...	Groomsman #1
Spencer Hill	...	Groomsman #2
Mike Begovich	...	Groomsman #3
Elizabeth Maxwell	...	Bridesmaid #1
Lindsey Huang	...	Bridesmaid #2
Katelin Chesna Henke	...	Cydney's Sister
Andy Hoff	...	Clueless Husband
Travis Willingham	...	Tommy
Webster Williams	...	Father of Groom
Cristina Soler	...	Mother of Groom
D. Grigsby Poland	...	Cheap Man (as Grigsby Poland)
Grace Connelly	...	Cheap Man's Wife
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Brian Tester	...	Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Directed by
David Twohy

Writing credits (WGA)
David Twohy		(written by)

Produced by
Robert Bernacchi	....	executive producer
Bill Block	....	executive producer
Robbie Brenner	....	producer
Camille Brown	....	co-producer
Mark Canton	....	producer
Mark Fischer	....	executive producer
Scott Fischer	....	executive producer
Kimberly Fox	....	executive producer
Ken Halsband	....	co-producer
Ryan Kavanaugh	....	producer
Geoffrey Taylor	....	co-producer
Tucker Tooley	....	producer

Original Music by
Boris Elkis

Cinematography by
Mark Plummer

Film Editing by
Tracy Adams

Casting by
Anne McCarthy
Jay Scully

Production Design by
Joseph C. Nemec III

Costume Design by
Laura Goldsmith

Makeup Department
Carlton Coleman	....	special makeup effects artist
Matthew W. Mungle	....	special makeup effects designer

Production Management
Robert Bernacchi	....	unit production manager
Christopher Kulikowski	....	post-production supervisor
Ines Mongil-Echandi	....	production supervisor
Brian M. O'Neill	....	production supervisor: Jamaica and Hawaii
Raquel Medina Rampolla	....	assistant production manager
Natalie Thompson	....	unit production manager: Jamaica

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Matt Birman	....	second unit director
Joan G. Bostwick	....	first assistant director: second unit
Joan G. Bostwick	....	second assistant director
Myron Hoffert	....	first assistant director
Jahsen Levy	....	second second assistant director: Jamaica
Jonah Loop	....	second unit director
Tanya Taylor	....	trainee assistant director: Jamaica
Brendan Walsh	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Miguel Antonio	....	head sculptor
Matthew Cavaliero	....	property master
Juan Guallini Indij	....	head greens
Sorely Muentes	....	art department coordinator

Sound Department
David Barbee	....	sound effects editor
Steve Bartkowicz	....	sound re-recording engineer
Ron Bedrosian	....	adr mixer
Jocelyn Caron	....	foley recordist
Edmond J. Coblentz Jr.	....	sound effects editor
Josh Eckberg	....	sound recordist
Marc Fishman	....	sound re-recording mixer
Guy Francoeur	....	foley artist
Steven D. Grothe	....	sound mixer
George Haddad	....	supervising sound editor
Tony Lamberti	....	sound re-recording mixer
Benoit Leduc	....	foley recordist
Kevin McCullough	....	assistant sound editor
Michael Miller	....	adr mixer
William Munroe	....	boom operator
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer
Greg Zimmerman	....	adr recordist

Special Effects by
Charlie Bonilla	....	pyrotechnician
Paul Daye	....	special effects crew: Jamaica
Raphael Maturah	....	special effects crew: Jamaica

Visual Effects by
Kenneth Armstrong	....	compositor: Comen VFX
Ozzie Carmona	....	compositor: Comen VFX
Tim Carras	....	visual effects supervisor: Comen VFX
Michael Cashore	....	digital compositor: Comen VFX
Jason Cochard	....	visual effects cinematographer: Comen VFX
Joshua D. Comen	....	visual effects producer: Comen VFX
John Cornejo	....	digital compositor: Comen VFX
Brandon Criswell	....	lead compositor: Comen VFX
Hugo Dominguez	....	roto/paint artist: Comen VFX
Mark Fenlason	....	special effects coordinator: Comen VFX
Brad Gayo	....	compositor: Comen VFX
Jon Gross	....	production assistant: Comen VFX
Craig Hilditch	....	compositor: Comen VFX
Jonah Loop	....	visual effects supervisor
Elizabeth Marriner	....	compositor: Comen VFX
David B. Moulder	....	visual effects producer
Michael J. Parker	....	3d artist: Comen VFX
Holly Rayman	....	controller: Comen VFX
Rose Rayman	....	production assistant: Comen VFX
Karen Ruggero	....	rotoscope artist: Comen VFX

Stunts
Alina Andrei	....	stunt double: Milla Jovovich
Matt Birman	....	stunt coordinator
Tony Lee Boggs	....	stunt double
Kevin Patrick Burke	....	stunt double: Timothy Olyphant
Mandy Kowalski	....	stunt double: Kiele Sanchez
Eric Miranda	....	utility stunts
Christie Sanders	....	stunt double: Kiele Sanchez

Camera and Electrical Department
Tim Arasheben	....	first assistant camera: aerial unit
Earl Brown	....	gaffer
Chris Browne	....	second assistant camera
Danny Falkengren	....	dolly grip
Alwayne Fletcher	....	electrician
Raul J. Marin	....	rigging key grip
Cleveland McKenzie	....	grip
Alfredo Melendez	....	additional camera loader
Michael Milella	....	key grip
Frank Norris	....	camera trainee
Angel Pastrana	....	dolly grip
Javier Pesquera	....	still photographer
Michael Watson	....	assistant camera
Ralston Williams	....	electrician
Carlos Zayas	....	additional second assistant camera
Anthony Zibelli	....	libra head technician
Peter Zuccarini	....	underwater director of photography

Casting Department
Kellie Gesell	....	casting associate
Zoraida Sanjurjo López	....	casting: Puerto Rico
Rhiannon Wescott	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Leslie Herman	....	wardrobe supervisor
Katalina Iturralde	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Zahida Bacchus	....	digital intermediate producer
Chris DeLaGuardia	....	color timer
Blake Harjes	....	assistant editor
Reza Amidi	....	digital intermediate editor (uncredited)
Everette Webber	....	digital intermediate editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Gina Amador	....	music supervisor
Mark Curry	....	score mixer
Dominik Hauser	....	orchestrator
Adam Klemens	....	conductor
David Levy	....	music producer: song

Transportation Department
Alrick Burke	....	transportation coordinator: Jamaica
Luis R. Estrella-Rivera	....	transportation captain
Luis A. Jurado	....	transportation coordinator
Rita Medina	....	transportation dispatcher

Other crew
Ben Adams	....	production assistant: Jamaica
T.J. Amato	....	assistant: Ken Halsband
Amber Asaro	....	assistant: mr. kavanaugh
Maxine Baillie	....	production coordinator: Jamaica
Ricardo L Betancourt	....	production assistant
Coleman Brown	....	diver: Jamaica
Meg Burton	....	location scout
Daniel Cabeza	....	executive assistant: Tucker Tooley
Joe Cappelletti	....	adr loop group
Andrew Demarest	....	key production assistant
Felipe Garcia	....	key production assistant
Huon Guiness	....	diver: Jamaica
Nicole Harvey	....	production assistant: Jamaica
Daniel Herther	....	executive assistant: mr. kavanaugh
Berenice Manjarrez	....	assistant production coordinator
Aaron Michiel	....	business affairs executive
Brian M. O'Neill	....	supervising location manager
Chris Parson	....	adr loop group
Harley Pasternak	....	fitness trainer
Michyl-Shannon Quilty	....	production coordinator
Giancarlo Rebella	....	production assistant
Jan Rudolph	....	script supervisor
Fitzroy Sinclair	....	diver: Jamaica
Diane Slattery	....	unit publicist
Adam M. Stone	....	product placement coordinator
Cat Stone	....	product placement coordinator
Dean Sutherland	....	production assistant: Jamaica
Josias Tapia	....	location manager
José R. Varona	....	set medic
Dudley Warren	....	production assistant: Jamaica

Production Companies

• Davis Entertainment
• QED International
• Relativity Media
• Rogue Pictures
• Tooley Productions

Distributors

• A-Film Distribution (2009) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Alliance Films (2009) (Canada) (theatrical)
• ITI Cinema (2009) (Poland) (theatrical)
• Momentum Pictures (2009) (UK) (theatrical)
• Presidio (2010) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Rogue Pictures (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2009) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• Imagem Filmes (2009) (Brazil) (all media)
• Roadshow Entertainment (2009) (Australia) (DVD)
• Top Film (2009) (Russia) (all media)

Special Effects

• Comen VFX (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Act One Script Clearance  script research
• Business Affairs  legal council
• Levy Entertainment Group  soundtrack
• Levy Music Publishing  music publisher
• Levy Music Publishing  soundtrack
• Pictorvision  aerial camera system
• Soundtrack  ADR Facility
• Stone Management  product placement
• Technicolor Digital Intermediates  digital intermediate

Also Known As:

Идеальный побег (Russia) [ru]
A Trilha (Brazil) [pt]
Wyspa struchu (Poland) (poster title) [pl]

MPAA:

Rated R for graphic violence, language including sexual references and some drug use.

Runtime:

98 min | 108 min (unrated director's cut)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #45047) | Netherlands:16 | Ireland:16 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:18A (Alberta) | South Korea:15 | UK:15 | Australia:MA

Filming Locations:

Aguadilla, Puerto Rico

Company:

Davis Entertainment

Trivia:

In addition to working together on this film, Milla Jovovich and Timothy Olyphant have both worked on films that were adaptations of video games.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the beginning of the movie, Cydeny (Milla Jovovich) hangs her feet out of the jeep and they are almost hit by a tree while passing. A short while after, it is noticeable that she has red nail polish on her toenails. However, later on in the movie, in various scenes that show her feet, she no longer has nail polish.

Quotes:

Cliff: Remember, nothing exists until we get there!
Cydney: Got it. Rocky? Nothing exists until I get there.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Girls Next Door: Meet the New Girls (#6.1)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

Paradise

Good Thriller with Questionable Twists

Perfect Getaway, A (2009)

*** (out of 4)

The "old dark house" genre was made famous back in the silent days as we'd get a group of people in one house with the idea that one of them is a killer. That basic idea continues with this film, although instead of a house we're treated the beautiful locations of Hawaii. A newlywed couple (Steve Zahn, Milla Jovovich) are on their honeymoon in Hawaii and decide to go on an eleven mile hike. Half way through the hike they learn that another newlywed couple were butchered. The film then has our couple meeting two other couples (Timothy Olyphant/Kiele Sanchez, Marley Shelton, Chris Hemsworth) with the possibility that one of them are the murderers. This 97-minute movie is pure buildup for the final ten minutes when the twist is revealed. I certainly won't reveal the twist but I must say I was somewhat letdown by it but not enough to really enjoy the film. This is the type of movie that gives you a rather simple idea and then works every little inch out of it and in the end we're left with a pretty tense little thriller that is sadly being marketed as a horror movie, which might keep some people away. The film benefits from the great locations, terrific acting and some nice direction. All six leads do a terrific job and it was great seeing someone like Zahn get the leading role. He's basically played supporting roles most of his career but he has no problem carrying the film here. He and Jovovich have great chemistry together and work well with the other cast members. Olyphant clearly steals the film as the ex-soldier who is hiding a few secrets of his own. Another very positive thing about this film is that the majority of it takes place during the daylight so there's nothing jumping out of the shadows at night. I think it's brave to try and build suspense during the day but the director pulls it off perfectly. The 2.35:1 aspect ratio picks up the entire beauty of the island, which really becomes a character all by itself. The film is up for a lot of debate over the twists and turns it takes, which is good. Discussion never hurts a movie and I'm sure people will be discussing what happens here. I personally found it to be a cheat but a lot of thrillers do this. No matter how one feels about the twists there's really no denying that there's still a lot of fun and tension building up to the final moments.