There's nothing too wrong with Donkey Punch but it does suffer from an awful feeling of deja vu.
We have the story of some girls away in Spain for a weekend who get talking to some boys and decide to go to their yacht (or at least the yacht they're working on). As they walk up to the yacht one of the girls hears that they are falling for the boys "plan" and at this point you have to apply your suspension of disbelief goggles as there are a number of other times they'll have to be used.
The girls seem too streetwise to be so stupid as to allow the boat to be driven out to sea and the film takes an age to get to the "thriller" that I was expecting to see.
Once it does get to that point (something you know that's going to happen and the title of the film) it keeps a reasonable speed and tension and becomes quite gory. But the goggles keep having to come on time and time again to allow you to justify their actions.
Some nice scenes include the killing of someone with a flare (which was well handled and quite dramatic) and the point where the female lead breaks through the glass door but as the film moves on its own internal logic becomes more questionable.
Music and Camera work is what you would expect and nothing too special apart from one well handled underwater scene.
Other than that I could take or leave the film.
We have the story of some girls away in Spain for a weekend who get talking to some boys and decide to go to their yacht (or at least the yacht they're working on). As they walk up to the yacht one of the girls hears that they are falling for the boys "plan" and at this point you have to apply your suspension of disbelief goggles as there are a number of other times they'll have to be used.
The girls seem too streetwise to be so stupid as to allow the boat to be driven out to sea and the film takes an age to get to the "thriller" that I was expecting to see.
Once it does get to that point (something you know that's going to happen and the title of the film) it keeps a reasonable speed and tension and becomes quite gory. But the goggles keep having to come on time and time again to allow you to justify their actions.
Some nice scenes include the killing of someone with a flare (which was well handled and quite dramatic) and the point where the female lead breaks through the glass door but as the film moves on its own internal logic becomes more questionable.
Music and Camera work is what you would expect and nothing too special apart from one well handled underwater scene.
Other than that I could take or leave the film.