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May 29, 2009

A Perfect Getaway: Like Deliverance But With Hot Bad Guys

In the tradition of Deliverance and The River Wild, A Perfect Getaway is a man-vs-man-in-nature thriller starring Steve Zahn and Milla Jovovich as a vacationing couple who run into the wrong creepy murderers on their beautiful island vacation. I don't think I've been more excited about a non-comedy movie trailer in like six months, because, for one thing, the main bad guy is TIMOTHY OLYPHANT:

I miss thrillers, I'm glad Hollywood is starting to bring them back. And based solely on this trailer and his past work they can go ahead and give the 2009 Best Villain Moon Man to Tim a year early at Sunday's MTV Movie Awards.

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steve zahn and milla jovovich; another believable hollywood movie couple. but i'll probably see it cause i like steve zahn and i'll take a thriller over torture porn any day.

Posted by: kathleen11 profile link at 05/29/09 1:55 PM | Reply
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Mcluskyist

To be fair, I know quite a few beautiful woman-rich nerd couples. Steve Zahn still makes a pretty hot nerd so you have to suspend disbelief there. (At least I'm assuming his character's a rich nerd: glasses, can afford fabulous island getaway)

Posted by: Mcluskyist profile link in reply to kathleen11's comment at 05/29/09 3:38 PM | Reply
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i wish it worked the other way, i could be the rich (poor) nerd and marry a hot guy. my glasses would take us to exotic locales like my parent's basement, or we could go backpacking in suburbia. i would pay to see that movie (i would not pay to see that movie).

Posted by: kathleen11 profile link in reply to Mcluskyist's comment at 05/29/09 4:22 PM | Reply
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just_the_tip

I remember when my wife and I went on our honeymoon. We settled into our beach chairs, fruity drinks by our sides and lotion applied. I suggested some music to set the mood and she states she has a lovely mix on her iPod, made specifically for the trip. Great. The first song was some summery ditty by Jason Mraz.

And that's when I knew our vacation...was in hell.

Posted by: just_the_tip profile link at 05/29/09 2:00 PM | Reply
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neptuneflame

Is that Nikki? I think that's Nikki.

Posted by: neptuneflame profile link at 05/29/09 2:06 PM | Reply
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You don't go up to your suspect jungle-buddies and say "What do you think?" You tell whoever told you about the killers that you've been hanging out with some insane people and if it turns out you're wrong you just say "Jesus, I'm so sorry" and never see them again. Or you could just go deeper into the jungle with them and see if they throw any more knives at you nonchalantly.

Posted by: ben (waiting for the perfect GIF) at 05/29/09 2:16 PM | Reply
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hot bad guys is all i need

Posted by: alzh at 05/29/09 2:26 PM | Reply
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John Ham

Live Free or Die Hard (like Lindsay's Timothy Olyphant erection)!

Posted by: John Ham profile link at 05/29/09 2:29 PM | Reply
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zaws!

what do you mean it's a "non-comedy movie"? it has Steve Zahn in it, it HAS to be a comedy. it's probably a Joe Versus the Volcanoe reboot, with Timothy Olyphant as the tribu chief and Milla Jovovich playing half the female parts

Posted by: zaws! profile link at 05/29/09 2:29 PM | Reply
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I'm sorry, but too much of this movie seems to hang on the premise that Milla Jovovich wouldn't just gun kata those fools. Maybe they just need to attack her in circle formation...

Posted by: James at 05/29/09 2:49 PM | Reply
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Kenny Powers

At the 0:40 mark, that tune playing was the go-to tension scene song from Deadwood. I think Timothy Olyphant is great too but this movie has got poop written all over it.

Posted by: Kenny Powers profile link at 05/29/09 2:52 PM | Reply
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I like the shot of the limp hand shooting the gun.

Posted by: RadioCollective profile link at 05/29/09 3:04 PM | Reply
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HB

I wasn't so sure from the description, but: fuck yeah. I will totally go see this. With popcorn.

Posted by: HB profile link at 05/29/09 7:32 PM | Reply
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sarah palin

Oh yay! YAAAAAYYY!!!! THE BAD GUYS HAVE TATTOOS AND DREADLOCKS! The good guys are just nice career-people on a vacation, and it has to get interrupted by these people with strange hair =(

Posted by: sarah palin profile link at 05/29/09 8:50 PM | Reply
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Movies like this have ruined my trust in nice islands.

Posted by: mac profile link at 05/30/09 9:26 PM | Reply
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I'm guessing none of them are the killers and they all become paranoid and end up massacring each other over nothing. At least that's what I hope happens.

Posted by: zik at 05/31/09 1:08 AM | Reply
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