Well, well, well. So this is what you get when you put Hitman, Quintin from Bandidas and Alice from the Resident Evil movies together? Hmmm. Not bad. Not bad at all. Despite a done to death whos-the-killer style semi-action thriller premise, the actors turned what should have been a run-of-the-mill movie with straight to DVD potential into an interesting flick.
Set in Hawaii, the idea basically plays out like this: there's a killer couple who is lurking about after just committing murder on one of the islands. You (the audience) are presented with three sets of couples and you have to figure out who is the killer couple. Unfortunately for me, I figured it out about six minutes in. Despite that, the actors make it a very interesting story. Steve Zahn plays his usual somewhat awkward and quirky character. Milla is his newlywed wife who is caught up in the idea of enjoying the trip through the lovely landscape of Hawaii. On the way, they hastily offer this couple a ride - an ex-con and a hippie chick - and then rescind it and then re-offer after they have pissed off the ex-con. Yeah, they's funny-stylin' on 'em. A little further in the journey, they meet a slightly crazy ex-special ops cat (Timothy Olyphant) and his girlfriend and from there its all about trying to figure out what's up.
The acting in this movie is pretty good. You get a full sense of the characters and the story is pretty well developed. To top it off, normally, these types of movies happen in a house in the middle of nowhere but having it happen in a tropical paradise adds a unique sense of reality to the movie.
Normally, I would say this shit is going straight to DVD but I actually enjoyed the movie. The acting is on point. Even though I figured it out early on, I still had fun watching. Its paced very well and has sparse moments of humor that really make the characters interesting. Now I probably wouldn't drop $10-11 a head to see this joint at night but this would make a good matinee and a damn good rental. I already know this joint is gonna get slept on. It shouldn't, but it will. If you like mysteries with a light feel to them, this is your flick. I almost didn't fuck with it but I'm glad I did. Unfortunately, there's not much flesh in this film from the women folk, so its kinda safe but there are some pretty ugly flesh wounds so the gore factor is not exactly at the bottom end.
All in all, its a good joint to fuck with if you are looking for a flick this weekend.
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