Getaway (2020)

Honestly, the title of the review says it all. Plus it's woman kicking ass. What more do you want?

Fmovies: In the heart of North Carolina a young woman (Jaclyn Betham) meets her two friends at a lake for a getaway (Scout Taylor-Compton & Landry Allbright), but she's kidnapped by two hicks and taken to their pa's backwoods homestead. Can she escape with her life? Can her two friends save her?

"Getaway" (2020) riffs on the cabin-in-the-woods plot with several good things going for it: The locations, cinematography, a few beautiful females, convincing misogynistic rednecks and good music, but it's ruined by several problems.

The most egregious issue is that the script lacks necessary detail and needed a couple rewrites to flesh out the potential of the story and make for more convincing characters. As it is, we have three hicks in the sticks that mix Evangelical Christianity with a twisted penchant for serial killing and loads of unexplained mumbo jumbo about saving their "angels" by killing them.

As for the girls, without revealing anything, let's just say the surprise isn't believable in the least, particularly based on what we know about these characters through their previous actions (remember the hairdryer scene?). This is eye-rolling fantasy.

Lastly, the "woke" checklist is too obvious and annoying: Evil redneck quasi-Christians, lesbians, misogyny, girl power, etc. Note to the director/writer: Including several scenes of beautiful women kissing can't make up for a script that sucks because you were too lazy and conscious of being politically (in)correct.

But statuesque Jaclyn Betham, who's reminiscent of Megan Fox, is well utilized and almost makes the flick worth seeing... almost.

The film runs 1 hour, 16 minutes, and was shot in Randolph County, North Carolina.

GRADE: D+

"Getaway" blends traditional survival, backwoods horror and occult themes. The story starts innocent enough with almost clinched breadth. A lot of the premise hangs on pulling out those expected tropes and lulling you into believing you have seen this film before, sure with other characters and a different title. However "Getaway" offers a twist within a twist that really works well, and is wickedly delicious.

The characters are strong, female driven leads that look comfortable and entertaining on screen. The cast give up their craft to these women easily, which makes "Getaway" captivating. The pace of the film is a little too slow burn but so much of the story's suspense rests on a even, tense pace to let dark nature of the situation unfold. For the most part it works, I would have liked a bit more amplitude after the twist begins but the film doesn't really suffer.

The horror elements are mostly atmospheric and sound driven moments of chilling interaction between "predator and prey". There is some kill sequences but mostly the nightmare is a series of subjective situations where protagonists face off with the antagonists. Still the twist reveals all, I don't want to spoil the ending. It is a clever one. Indie horror fans will definitely enjoy this one.

Getaway fmovies. First off, this is def a thriller not a horror. That said, loved the storyline. Acting was actually really good. Reminds me of something made in the 70s, in a good way. Loved the twist towards the end.

I can see how this film isn't for everyone but I loved it. Some unexpected turns make this more than a stereotypical slasher flick. If you're looking for blood and gore look elsewhere but if you like a good storyline with interesting characters this could be for you.

I watched this last night and I must say that I did not expect the story to be this interesting when it reached near the end. without giving anything away I can say that those who are fans of gore and blood you will be disappointed as there is little to none, I was expecting it to be this....also, the 3 ladies are real lookers and played their part well.. good ending as well..

overall, if you cannot find a good movie., you may want to check it out...story is really easy to understand as well..