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Donkey Punch
Magnet Releasing (Magnolia Pictures)
MPAA RATING: R for a scene of strong sexual content involving an aberrant violent act, graphic nudity, violence, language and drug use
Starring
Jaime Winstone,
Julian Morris,
Tom Burke,
Nichola Burley,
Jay Taylor,
and
Robert Boulter
After meeting at a nightclub in a Mediterranean resort, seven young adults decide to continue partying aboard a luxury yacht in the middle of the ocean. But when one of them dies in a freak accident, the others argue about what to do, leading to a ruthless fight for survival. (Magnolia Pictures)
GENRE(S): |
Horror
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Suspense/Thriller
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WRITTEN BY: |
Oliver Blackburn
David Bloom
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DIRECTED BY: |
Oliver Blackburn
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RELEASE DATE: |
Theatrical: January 23, 2009
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RUNNING TIME: |
99 minutes, Color |
ORIGIN: |
UK |
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63
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
Offers a gripping mix of sexual heat and nasty menace. It's "Dead Calm" meets "Very Bad Things," with English accents.
58
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Scott Tobias
The film goes off the rails in the final third, sacrificing subtle character work at the altar of blood-and-guts survival horror. As mood-killers go, it's like a jab to the back of the neck.
50
The New York Times
Stephen Holden
Until it plunges into gore, the movie remains above the typical splatter 'n' scream fest. These careless hedonists are convincing, and the ensemble acting feels believable; the orgy looks very real. But the realism turns to caricature once the panicked party monsters begin viciously turning on one another.
50
The Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt
A formulaic yet clever chiller that offers generous doses of sex and violence aboard a luxury yacht.
50
Variety
Todd McCarthy
Shows the sort of edge in places that will be appreciated by horror fanboys of all ages, but is mostly too overwrought and over-the-top.
50
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Hartlaub
If Stanley Kubrick filmed an orgy like the one in this film, "Eyes Wide Shut" might have been halfway tolerable.
50
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
A female revenge movie. But you could just as easily characterize it as fairly well-executed exploitation.
50
Los Angeles Times
Robert Abele
It's got enough formulaic flair to make it a guilty-pleasure cousin of seaborne nailbiters "Knife in the Water" and "Dead Calm."
50
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
A thriller whose title remains printable only because the right people probably don't know that it refers to a violent sex act.
40
Village Voice
Nick Pinkerton
A workmanlike thriller that works as an (unconscious?) auto-critique of mainstreamed Internet-age hedonism.
30
Washington Post
Philip Kennicott
Donkey Punch is almost humorless, and there's no wink and nudge behind the mayhem to absolve us of taking its ugly, class-obsessed subtext seriously.
25
Entertainment Weekly
Kate Ward
This predictable film wouldn't be effective anywhere outside a DARE program.
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