A Perfect Getaway DVD box set: the one for me

When I see the title “A Perfect Getaway” DVD box set at the first time, I know I found the one for me.

Cliff and Cydney are an adventurous young couple celebrating their honeymoon by backpacking to one of the most beautiful, and remote, beaches in Hawaii. Hiking the wild, secluded trails, they believe they've found paradise. But when the pair comes across a group of frightened hikers discussing the horrifying murder of another newlywed couple on the islands, they begin to question whether they should turn back. Unsure whether to stay or flee, Cliff and Cydney join up with two other couples, and things begin to go terrifyingly wrong. Far from civilization or rescue, everyone begins to look like a threat and nobody knows whom to trust. Paradise becomes hell on earth as a brutal battle for survival begins...

A Perfect Getaway DVD box set wants you to know … that it knows … that you know … how these movies typically attempt to deceive you. And that's the point. It's all in service to a late-in-the-game triple-take -- some reverse-reverse-psychology -- that the film hopes, perhaps falsely, will surprise you. Maybe it will; maybe it won't. Or maybe it'll convince you to abandon your suspicions in favor of some other angle … only to prove them true in the end. But however you respond to the twist -- which is certainly not without merit -- writer/director David Twohy (Pitch Black, Below) simply and sadly fails to make all that comes before worthwhile, no matter how much fun he has in the final third.

in fact, it’s a pretty killer movie until the last fifteen minutes or so, when Twohy starts getting crazy with the triple split-screens, extended flashbacks, and one huge, glaring inconsistency in the killers’ modus operandi. I really enjoy the A Perfect Getaway DVD box set for what it was, a perfectly entertaining thriller, suitable for a fun night at the movies.