Blink Twice Movie Review & Movie Summary (2024)

Along with his coterie of scoundrels—Cody (Simon Rex), Vic (Christian Slater), and Tom (Haley Joel Osment) and their guests, Sarah (Adria Arjona), Heather (Trew Mullen)—Slater boards a private jet for the supposed vacation of their dreams. With their cell phones collected by Slater’s nervous and neurotic personal assistant and sister (Geena Davis), everyone gets to enjoy the island’s treats, be it weed, bottomless champagne, or lavish dinners at night. But as the drunken days roll on, suspicions begin to creep in that something is amiss.

“Blink Twice” believes it has a point about the sinister capabilities of rich white men, but it does nothing more than point it out. The writing stops at square one. It doesn’t engage with its proposed thesis, instead churning out a chop shop of buzzwords and hot topics from #MeToo to therapy bros. When the “Blink Twice” reveal arrives in a split-second frame, the film’s upside-down shock isn’t one of fearsome tension but rather of disheartenment. And as the quick frame escalates into extended sequences of brutality in a relentless race to the finish line, the film becomes an affirmation of a tired, simplistic narrative toolkit sold as unyielding feminist resolve.

“Blink Twice” sucks audiences with its sexual violence and then fails to find intelligence or dexterity in its handling of it or any of the themes that run alongside it. Even the stylistic choices the film makes are basic. And while the film attempts to balance its tone and events with humor, it only betrays its own success. It’s not funny. “Blink Twice” doesn’t elicit laughs when it tries to be funny, and it doesn’t elicit laughs when it combines an act of brutality with a punchline.