DVD Review: Donkey Punch
By Irv Slifkin -- Video Business, 3/13/2009
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Street: April 7
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> Stylish British suspenser with sex, drugs and violence.
A group of young women vacationing in Spain accept an invitation to join a bunch of men on a swanky yacht. While at sea, drugs taken by both factions prompt a wild sexual roundelay that is eventually halted when one of the men bludgeons and kills his lovemaking partner with a “donkey punch”—a smash to the head during climax. Noted for its full-frontal nudity (in the unrated version) and explicit orgy sequence, Donkey Punch has drawn attention (and derision), which should continue with the DVD.
Shelf Talk: Internet buzz and a short theatrical release are enough to make this a want-to-see title with college-age crowds. The film works as both an arthouse entry, a sexploitation effort and a horror movie.
Thriller, color, NR/R (mature themes, violence, language, sexual situations, nudity), 95 min./90 min., DVD $26.98Extras: commentary, featurette, cast and crew interviews, deleted scenes
Director: Oliver Blackburn
First Run: L, Jan. 2009, <$1 mil.
