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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 372206" data-attributes="member: 23">A Perfect Getaway (2009) <img src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2F4.bp.blogspot.com%2F-Z4e7zPMxzf8%2FVypDEXujs6I%2FAAAAAAAAALE%2FGcDr53m1RdI9aEfevVd7PH1gOfeS_Os5QCLcB%2Fs640%2FGETAWAY_682_857592a.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=0a4fc63e16ee084a86b1e5efc1bd763dabce80fce1b15054c1fe5680021ac781&ipo=images" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> This is one I stumbled upon after it occurred to me that I'd enjoyed Steve Zahn in Road Kill (AKA Joy Ride) but have seen him in very little else besides, other than some small roles (like Phoebe's first husband on Friends). While I may have previously seen a poster or heard the title, I wasn't familiar with this film. The combination of the title, poster image and preview write-up made me think of Black Rock, a later film which I watched some years ago: It's not too far, I suppose (from what I remember, at least), but it also turned out to be a lot more than I was expecting. There's a lot of focus on character, but most of the characters are very unpleasant. This is no doubt deliberate and some of the casting reflects this: Timothy Olyphant excels at intense, brooding, dark characters with hints of sociopathy. Zahn's character is the one that kind of holds it all together while others are posturing around him. Even his new wife annoyed the hell out of me within a scene or two (in the scene where she returned from the toilet and was coquettishly asking him if he'd missed her because they'd been apart for nine whole minutes, I actually commented that if this was a slasher, I was hoping she was the first victim). Persevering with the film is a rewarding experience. There's a lot of paranoia about who can be trusted, and there are red <s>snappers</s> herrings galore. In the last act, there's a really effective twist that had me reeling. I'd actually considered the possibility of this twist early on and then dismissed it based on what I perceived as evidence to the contrary. Even now I'm not sure if it's a cheat or one of the cleverest of its kind. The only way for me to know would be to watch a second time and follow the dialogue really carefully. Trouble is I don't feel in a rush to watch again because it's just not that kind of film. All the same, I thought this was a nice little find and well worth a watch.</blockquote>

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