I wanted to see A Perfect Getaway in the movie theaters when I first saw the preview because I seem to be under some sort of spell that compels me to watch any movie starring Leeloo Multipass, but vdecided against it because it seemed like it would be a teen-percenter on Rotten Tomatoes like Turistas or some other stupid-tourist-torture-porn bullshit like that (though I thought The Ruins was pretty good). I even thought Josh Duhamel was in it, but the vaguely crazy-looking handsome “is he?” dude turned out to be my favorite that-dude-always-plays-a-sociopath, Timothy Olyphant. This movie also stars the always reliably entertaining Steve Zahn who I always believed should be on a different career path than he is on now, but what’s the guy been up to lately? (Speaking of erstwhile Steves, has anyone seen Steve Buscemi?) I have to admit that I was wrong about what I thought the story of the movie was going to be. I’m usually pretty good at being able to determine the plot and the ending from just watching the previews, but with this one I was mostly wrong. It was not about a dumb honeymooning couple who gets waylaid by a lost tribe of cannibalistic Hawaiians and get spit-roasted over a fire like a pig in a luau. And that was a nice surprise. Except I guessed who the killer/s was/were fifteen minutes into the film and the rest of it I just spent waiting to see if I was right. And I was. Booyah.

I may accidentally reveal how the movie ends. I’m terrible that way.

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Grade: C

I’ve never read this book before, but tonight, as I was flipping through the channels— ’cause FUCKING HOUSE wasn’t on for some reason —I found the TV version of this book on Lifetime (duh). Since I didn’t have the benefit of knowing who the good guy or the bad guy was, I was genuinely afraid for the heroine, Reena Hale, because some crazy dude is setting her boyfriends on fire and I was suspicious of everyone as the psycho. At one point, I was convinced that the pyro was Reena herself ’cause what a tweeest! but hell-o! She’s the spunky red-haired heroine! She can’t be the bad guy. Unless she had a doppleganger, I guess, and I wasn’t ready to rule that out. You can’t ever tell with these Lifetime movies, man.

The best part of this movie? Scott Bakula! Dude, don’t even get me started on my Sam Beckett love. It’s intense, all-consuming, and kind of creepy. At one point, I was convinced he was the killer, but NO WAY, MAN! He’s Sam Beckett! […and so Dr. Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life, striving to put right what once went wrong and hoping each time that his next leap will be the leap home.] He never made it home! *sobs*

Spot La Nora: In one of the MANY flashback scenes, the Hale family is watching their family restaurant go up in flames and when the camera pans to the crowd, we see Ms. Roberts, looking on, all concerned and stuff. The camera was on her for like… two seconds. I was so excited that I started shrieking, but Tim was out with his homies, and I had no one to share it with. *sad face*

Oh, spoilers and shit.

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