A Perfect Getaway, Synopsis, DVD released on December 29th 2009

A Perfect Getaway

A Perfect Getaway

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Released 12th August 2009, DVD December 29th, 2009

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A Perfect Getaway is the sizzling ‘Aloha’ thriller from the returning director David Twohy. The classic sci-fi enthusiast, following a five-year gap since his beautiful but wobbly 2004 The Chronicles of Riddick (with the vest-clad Vin Diesel), has made his come back to the big screen, triumphantly presenting this searing Hawaiian action-thriller. Starring the surprising and edgy Steve ZahnSunshine Cleaning) as Cliff and the striking L’Oreal model Milla Jovovich as Cydney, Twohy packs his audience up on the couple’s honeymoon adventure, a trail threatening to take them down a suspense-filled and twisted path.
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‘A Perfect Getaway’ DVD Review

A Perfect Getaway: Starring: Steve Zahn, Milla Jovovich, Timothy Olyphant, Kiele Sanchez, Chris Hemsworth and Marley Shelton

A Perfect Getaway

Written and Directed by: David Twohy
Starring: Steve Zahn, Milla Jovovich, Timothy Olyphant, Kiele Sanchez, Chris Hemsworth and Marley Shelton

With a cool cast, a decent twist, and Chris “Goerge Kirk/Thor” Hemsworth, this should have been a pretty good movie. Unfortunately when the twist is revealed, it becomes apparent that Twohy came up with the twist, then wrote a movie around it. The results aren’t as good as one would hope. But Hemsworth is really good, as a creepy and angry husband who doesn’t own any shirts. When I saw him I knew he looked familiar, when I saw it was Hemsworth I was suprised, and am now pumped for Thor, he can play clean-cut straight forward (like Kirk) and intense (like this guy). Other than that Zahn and Sanchez are the only two who really present realistic characters. Olyphant is way too over the top, but it sort of works, and the “meta” feeling of the movie becomes apparent and cheesy after a while. I can’t explain that last line because it would spoil the movie, but in retrospect that aspect of the movie is a little cool. The problem is that once the twist happens, you don’t really care anymore. You know the movie will go one of two unfulfilled ways. Either its an unoriginal happy ending that bothers you with its inadequacy, or its an unoriginal bad guys win ending that bothers you because for a bad guys win ending to work it has to be a spectacularly great movie. So its a mediocre, mildly entertaining movie with some cool and respectably parts of the screenplay. The actors all did a fine job, this writer feels what lacked was Writer, Director Twohy’s (Tu-Burger) creativity in the end.

Rating: 6.5/10

Jürgen Sjogren

Steve Niles, Talks 30 Days of Night: Dark Days From the Set

Sony’s 30 Days of Night: Dark Days Starring Kiele Sanchez

The esteemed Dread Central was lucky enough to hit the set of Sony’s 30 Days of Night: Dark Days earlier this month – the film wraps principal photography today in Vancouver, Canada, under the watchful eye of co-scripted (with Steve Niles) and director Ben Ketai – and while there sat down with producer JR Young (among others) to discuss the flick (cast interviews to come).

“This is a very edgy film,” Young, who previously produced The Messengers, told Dread while intently watching a scene being played out in video village – a scene which featured a rather hysterical and bloody actress (Katherine Isabelle) pleading for her life. “Ben knows this world. I think it comes natural to him.”

Sony’s 30 Days of Night: Dark Days Star’s Kiele Sanchez (A Perfect Getaway) , Mia (De Palma’s The Black Dahlia) Kirschner, Rhys (“Entourage”) Coiro, Diora (Night of the Demons) Baird, Harold (“Lost”) Perrineau, Troy (A Marine Story) Ruptash, Jackson Berlin, John De Santis, Marco Sorian, Monique (Cabin in the Woods) Ganderton, and the previously-mentioned horror-fave Katherine (Ginger Snaps, “Supernatural”) Isabelle, Dark Days appears poised according to Young to be a rather faithful adaptation of Niles’ graphic novel of the same name. (more…)

Hollywood is watching Kiele Sanchez for future Action Films

Kiele Sanchez as 'Stella' starring in '30 Days of Night: Dark Days'

Hollywood is praising Kiele Sanchez for 30 Days of Night: Dark Days. Insiders are saying she tops any other actress at the moment and is “being watched very closely” as one of Tinseltown’s new leading lady’s of action films.

Steve Niles Updates 30 Days of Night Franchise and seems to believe Kiele Sanchez was a perfect fit and hopefully we’ll be seeing more vampires on the big screen in the near future! (more…)

30 Days of Night: Dark Days, Storyline Details

30 Days of Night: Dark Days

“30 Days of Night: Dark Days” will have a new Stella Olesonthe with Kiele Sanchez taking over the role from Melissa George, and first look at Sanchez in character has been unraveled. Bloody-Disgusting has brought forth the first image from the set of the “30 Days of Night” sequel, showing Sanchez with a gash on her forehead and a machete in her right hand.

The sequel picks up a year after the Alaskan town of Barrow’s population was decimated by vampires during its annual month long sunset. Riddled with grief over the death of her husband, bound by nightmares and void of all emotions beyond hate and sorrow, Stella has spent the past months traveling the world, trying to convince others that vampires exist but met with skepticism and laughter.

Just as she is ready to throw in the towel, a group of lost souls offers an incredible opportunity: the chance to exact revenge upon Lilith, the vampire queen responsible for the assault on her sleepy Alaskan town. With nothing remaining to live for, and nothing left to fear, she joins the group and ventures into the uncharted underbelly of Los Angeles to stop the evil from striking again.

“30 Days of Night: Dark Days” is produced by Stage 6 and Ghost House. Ben Ketai will make his directorial debut with this feature film which is based on a screenplay written by Steve Niles and Ketai. Diora Baird, Rhys Coiro, Mia Kirshner and Harold Perrineau also star. No release date has been set in stone just yet, but the movie is expected to come out sometime in 2010.

‘A Perfect Getaway’ DVD, Blu-ray, Unrated Director’s Cut: December 29, 2009

‘A Perfect Getaway’ DVD Release Date: December 29, 2009 at Amazon

Universal Home Entertainment has announced the DVD and Blu-ray release of the suspense-thriller ‘A Perfect Getaway’ starring Milla Jovovich, Kiele Sanchez, Steve Zahn and Timothy Olyphant.

Both the DVD and Blu-ray release will feature the Original Theatrical Version and a 10 minute longer Unrated Director’s Cut of the film on a single disc. The DVD will contain English, French, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround. The Blu-ray will contain the Original Scripted Ending, BD Live bonus features and English, French, Spanish DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1.
DVD Release Date: December 29, 2009 at Amazon