A Perfect Getaway (2009)

A Perfect Getaway is very predictable, but that doesn't stop it from being entertaining. It's a fun mystery with beautiful scenery, clever writing and a talented cast.

Not brilliant but a very watchable movie. It has lots of good points. The acting is very good and the scenery amazing. Quite a few have pointed out the surprise ending and that it is inconsistent with what was shown before.Whereas I can understand where people are coming from with that, they seem to miss a very important point. That the two main characters murder people who they then try to become, so that is why you see so many conversations with them wondering who the murderers are when it is in fact them. I agree it could have been done better but that's how I saw it.this was born out by the very end when Mila's character had her partner shot as if she was in fact innocent herself. Exactly what kind of madness they portrayed I do not know, but it is the only thing that makes sense.

To me what counts the most when I watch a mystery thriller is that I have to try to figure out who are the villains for as long as possible. In A Perfect Getaway you have that feeling for a long time, even though I figured it out way before they actually showed it, I still was not certain so it didn't really matter. The story is entertaining and there is suspense. That's the most important. Then you have the cast. They, of course, have to be good actors preferably. And with Milla Jovovich and Timothy Olyphant you have good actors, so that was okay as well. The filming was fine, even if I had some moments that I was not completely satisfied, but nothing major to bug me. There were also a couple things that didn't really add up, but again nothing major, so all in all it's an entertaining movie. Certainly worth a watch.

OK. To the point : Pros: 1. Great actors, solid acting. 2. Daylight suspense in beautiful backdrop of Hawaii, without cheap loud noise shocker scenes (the were a few borderline, but most suspense was born by sold acting). Cons: 1. Just one. And it's serious. A great thriller (like Sixth Sense) keeps you perplexed until the shocking revelation, and then you are in awe at your own profound oblivious ability to miss all the cues provided you throughout the entire movie. Not so, here. If you re-watch the movie with the ending known, indeed the dialogue is "possible." But the selection of words is clearly done so as to mislead viewers, in a manner that seems artificially contrived for the sole purpose of having an "aha!" ending. The viewer is never an Omnipresent witness, but is deliberately shown only those events that would naturally mislead them. So instead of an "AHA!" ending, as many expected, they get a "WTH!" ending - which is unfortunate. The writer seems to totally misidentify the payoff for which viewers come to see a thriller movie; It's not in the twist ending that comes from nowhere, but in the revelation that the ending was right in front of you throughout the entire movie, and you missed it's cues.