So DONKEY PUNCH isn't about Enron traders fucking up the California energy markets. It IS about a bunch of drunk British teenagers having sex on a yacht in the Med. Writer-director Oliver Blackburn nicely captures the hedonism and carelessness involved in the life-style and takes a wonderfully long time amping up the tension. Half an hour into the film the titular act takes place, but even then it takes a while for all hell to break loose. Okay, a girl has died in unfortunate circumstances, but the kids try to make the best of it, until they start working out the legal consequences of the act, fraternal loyalties interfere, and the girls get a clue. By the end of the film, it's all gone truly Pete Tong. But one or two truly gruesome scenes aside, I was surprised at how restrained the movie was. I was also pleasantly surprised that the internal logic of the film seemed to hold to the end. So, to my great surprise, I can warmly recommend this film to fans of the bad-things-happen-on-lonely-sailboats genre of movies.
DONKEY PUNCH is on release in the UK.
DONKEY PUNCH is on release in the UK.
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