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Cliff and Cydney (Steve Zahn and Milla Jovovich) are an adventurous young couple celebrating their honeymoon by backpacking to one of the most beautiful, and remote, beaches in Hawaii. Hiking the wild, secluded trails, they believe theyve found paradise. But when the pair comes across a group of frightened hikers discussing the horrifying murder of another newlywed couple on the islands, they begin to question whether they should turn back.

Unsure whether to stay or flee, Cliff and Cydney join up with another couple, and things begin to go terrifyingly wrong. Far from civilization or rescue, everyone begins to look like a threat and nobody knows whom to trust. Paradise becomes hell on earth as a brutal battle for survival begins.

This movie shows the versatile acting skills of both Steve Zahn and Timothy Olyphant. Milla Jojovich is still her bland self and always comes across like a brainless bimbo with goo goo eyes and stupid facial expressions.

Entertainment Weekly gave this movie a B+ which I was unaware of until after I saw it. I have to give the movie credit for a few twists and turns and some pretty fast paced dramatic action in the last 12 minutes; however, beyond that it was a typical mindless, poorly acted an directed movie. The director had an opportunity to do some striking cinematography but gave that up for the relatively stupid development of a plot. At best this movie should have been about 45 minutes. Amazingly enough, the location was Hawaii but the movie was filmed in Puerto Rico. There certainly were scenes resembling the filming locations of Lost on Oahu.

Rating: 1.3 out of 5