Donkey Punch

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Donkey Punch

R

2009

1h 29m

Mystery & Thriller

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Young British vacationers come unglued when one of their number is killed while shooting an impromptu porn video on their yacht.

Critics Consensus

Donkey Punch begins as a promising thriller, but loses credibility while adhering too closely to genre conventions.

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Kevin Maher

The Times (UK)

Charismatic performances and credible camaraderie are what set this apart from traditional slasher thrillers.

Mar 12, 2024

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Ted Fry

Seattle Times

Packs a magnetic jolt of fearsome intensity.

Rated: 2.5/4

Feb 12, 2009

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Philip Kennicott

Washington Post

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.

Feb 12, 2009

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Kaleem Aftab

The List

The twists and turns come thick and fast as events spiral out of control, with Blackburn giving this formulaic and often staid genre an unexpectedly fresh garnish.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 4, 2018

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Kelly Vance

East Bay Express

At least there's not a bag-head haunting the ship.

Aug 16, 2011

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Dave White

Movies.com

Rated: 2/5

Apr 4, 2011

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Peter R

In short, a vile excuse of a movie. How it got a mainstream release, is certainly beyond me.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/01/24

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Audience Member

Solid thriller with some unexpected turns. Although the tensions and relationships between the characters could have been more developed, it was a good story overall.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

06/03/21

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Audience Member

Never watched it. Just wanted it off my watchlist.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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Audience Member

Sorta loses its edge at the end, but nonetheless still a pretty solid thriller.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Audience Member

Okay but this was super funny, and it feels like it was unintentional but something tells me making a movie about privileged white kids backstabbing each other means the laughs were intentional.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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Three British women on vacation in Spain hook up with four guys who work on a yacht and the consumption of lots of drugs and alcohol ensues. The titular made-up sex act is talked about (it involves smacking someone on the back of the head at the moment of climax) and soon actual sex ensues. One of the boys tries the sex act and accidentally kills the girl. All hell breaks loose. So how good can a horror movie named after a made-up sex act be? Well ... it's not terrible. It's perfectly serviceable as a film where bad people you don't really care about do bad things to each other until barely anyone is left. It drags at times (the sex sequence is particularly egregiously long if surprisingly explicit ... the two things almost balance each other out) and characters do amazingly stupid things, but it kind of works if you aren't being too picky. I wasn't at the time.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Synopsis

Young British vacationers come unglued when one of their number is killed while shooting an impromptu porn video on their yacht.

Director: Oliver Blackburn
Producer: Angus Lamont, Robin Gutch, Mark Herbert
Screenwriter: Oliver Blackburn, David Bloom
Distributor: Magnolia Pictures
Rating: R (Drug Use|An Abberrant Violent Act|Violence|Graphic Nudity|Language|Strong Sexual Content)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 23, 2009, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 25, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $17.7K
Runtime: 1h 29m

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