Donkey Punch

A yacht, some alcohol and sexy talk turns dark and dangerous in this brutish thriller

Nasty, brutish and short, "Donkey Punch" -- part of Magnet Releasing's "Six Shooter" series of genre workouts from different countries -- turns a sun-kissed sex-and-drugs bender on a borrowed boat into a gruesome hostage thriller. It's got enough formulaic flair to make it a guilty-pleasure cousin of seaborne nailbiters "Knife in the Water" and "Dead Calm." Director Oliver Blackburn's background in music videos helps him whip up a tone of carefree flirtatiousness as three English gals on a party-hearty holiday in Spain agree to join a quartet of roguish young men on the luxury yacht they're crewing on for the summer. [...]

di Robert Abele, articolo completo (1760 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The Los Angeles Times 23 gennaio 2009