Donkey Punch [DVD] [2008]

I've never attended media or drama school , never done film studies or anything like that but I imagine that if I had one of the things they would tell you is, if you are making a film where characters are in genuine peril make sure that the audience cares about some of them . Otherwise the audience has no emotional investment in the piece and it fails as a true drama. It helps if they can act too.
Donkey Punch ultimately fails because it is (mostly) populated by loathsome characters doing squalid things and then turning on each other like a pack of rabid polecats. Three friends from Leeds-Kim (Jaime Winstone) , Tammi (Nicola Burley) and Lisa ( Sian Brekin) are on holiday in Majorca when they meet up with a gang of lads who have access to a very nice yacht. Seduced by the glamour of the boat, the location and the boys they allow themselves to be taken out to sea . A jokey interlude leads to a sexual reference that has tragic ,though slightly unbelievable, consequences , and before long everyone is at each others throats like contestants on "Come Dine With Me " but without the sarcastic voice over( that would have helped make the film more enjoyable ) and the body count starts to rise .
I have no problem with young people, hell I was one myself once, and have no problem with them enjoying themselves. However I would caution any young women to be wary of boys they have just met and definitely not to do drugs and have unprotected sex ( though it transpires STD,s are the least of their worries) with them .Though as it happens a neck brace is needed more than a condom. This unfortunate proclivity means I didn't have as much sympathy with them as I might have done ,especially since the lads were such a set of objectionable toe-rags.
One is a pill dispensing waste of skin so sleazy he would turn the stomach of a Tory MP. As has been pointed out in other reviews he talks in a low-key whispery manner meant ,I think, to covey loquacious charm and wisdom except it just makes him even more repellent than he already is .Some going .Why any female would want to come within fifty yards of this dodgy maggot , let alone have sex with him, casts serious doubt on their taste and intelligence. The others are a queasy mixture of borderline psycho's ,aberrant cowards and flint hearted b****** so utterly repellent they could be premiership footballers.
In the interests of balance I should point out that Tammi is a little more restrained than her mates and is the only who raises a beautifully manicured eye brow about going with the lads. The one she hooks up , is the only one of the boys who displays any humanity at all though mostly it's too little , too late.
God only knows what writer and director Oliver Blackburn ( it was co-written along with Andrew Bloom) is aiming for with this nasty resolutely unlikable film. The capricious nature of fate? How violence begets violence ?How one random stupid act can have far reaching disastrous consequences? How thick and abhorrent young people can be? How lottery money can be wasted on obnoxious trash? Given Channel Fours woeful youth output their involvement is no surprise. Donkey Punch is a horrible film with no redeeming features that I can think of. Seven go mad on a boat and die unpleasantly ..Should have been scuttled before it reached development stage.

Here are three reasons why Donkey Punch is one of the finest films ever made.
1) The plot is amazing. Three chavvy tarts meet some creepy blokes on holiday, then decide to join them on a luxury boat for some fun and frolics. There are loads of tense scenes and plot developments in the first thirty minutes. I particularly liked the part where one of the girls has to decide whether to go swimming or not. Gripping.
2) The characters are all really loveable, especially the three braindead chavs who accept drugs off complete strangers and allow them to video their "adult fun". Good idea. The four guys are very sympathetic aswell, with clearly defined characters that really make us care about them.
3) The incident that fuels the latter part of the story is very accurate and believable, because you definitely can kill someone instantly by slapping them on the back of the neck. Other lethal techniques include a chinese burn and a dead leg.
This movie will probably go on to win more Academy Awards than both Godfather films put together and will doubtless be remembered in years to come as the most influential and original slasher film in history.

I Watched the film on Tv, Stupid but action packed! I don't understand why the remaining girls just want to kill the rest of them?
Yeah and you don't really learn to care about the characters so when they die it's just funny.
Some of the deaths are quite violent and Gory eg. killed by a speed boat propeller used as a chain saw thing and choked to death by a noose on a giant boat!

A classic every-man for them self film!
Rent don't buy (you'll only watch it once)