Summaries

When a serial killer interrupts the fun at the swanky Coconut Pete's Coconut Beach Resort--a hedonistic island paradise for swingers--it's up to the club's staff to stop the violence...or at least hide it.

Broken Lizard is surrounded by limber, wanton women on a booze-soaked island resort owned by Coconut Pete, a rock star has-been. But the non-stop party takes a turn for the weird when dead bodies start turning up. Everyone begins to look suspicious. Could it be Sam, of the Fun Police brigade, who is quick-on-the-trigger with his tequila-loaded Super Soaker; Jenny, the over-sexed fitness instructor; Juan, the flamboyant diving instructor with a secret third-world past; Putman, the bratty British tennis coach/fanatic; Dave, the Ecstasy-crazed, adopted nephew of Coconut Pete; or the burly masseur Lars blessed with a creepy touch--that can render anyone into instant Jell-O? Can the inhabitants of Pleasure Island unite, solve the mystery and restore happy hour to this tropical bacchanal?—Sujit R. Varma

In Pleasure Island, Costa Rica, a serial killer slashes the employees of the Coconut Beach Resort, a paradisiacal place for having sex and fun. He advises the staff to continue working, otherwise he would slaughter the guests also. In a environment of suspicious, and with the employees trapped in the island without communication, the number of deaths increases.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Details

Keywords
  • voyeur
  • blonde
  • voyeurism
  • sex in bed
  • whodunit
Genres
  • Thriller
  • Comedy
  • Mystery
  • Horror
Release date Feb 26, 2004
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) R
Countries of origin United States Mexico
Official sites Fox
Language English
Filming locations El Tamarindo, Jalisco, Mexico
Production companies Fox Searchlight Pictures Baja Studios Broken Lizard Industries

Box office

Budget $8600000
Gross US & Canada $5001708
Opening weekend US & Canada $3035688
Gross worldwide $7565807

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 44m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio 2.35 : 1

Synopsis

Pleasure Island is an island resort off the coast of Costa Rica, owned by famous musician Coconut Pete. Staff members Rolo, Stacy, and Kelly sneak into the jungle to have sex. They are ambushed by a masked figure, who stabs Rolo to death. The killer chases the girls through the jungle. The killer pushes Kelly off a cliff and decapitates Stacy before she can reach help.

The resort staff remain unaware of the killings until Carlos' body is found behind the kitchen. Dave relates a story about a former employee who lost his mind and murdered his fellow staff members; though Pete insists it's a story made up to scare guests around the campfire, the mounting death toll suggests otherwise.

Putman alerts the others when he finds Cliff murdered in a hedge maze. A message left by the killer suggests that he is targeting only the staff. All communication devices and transportation have been stolen or destroyed. Hank, a former FBI agent, convinces the staff to continue with their jobs and allow him to catch the killer. Yu remains intent on warning the guests, despite warnings not to do so from the killer. When she lures the guests to the beach to make the announcement, she is attacked by the killer who slices her arms off. Hank intervenes, but the killer slashes his throat and turns on Yu. Their bodies are found the next day.

The staff begins to suspect one of the guests, Penelope. Juan, believing her innocent, tries to eliminate her as a suspect.

Putman disappears into the jungle after having a nightmare.

Sam and Dave find a shrine of photos of Lars and guests at the resort, in which photos of women hanging onto Pete have had Lars' face pasted over them, so it looks like Lars is clinging lovingly to Pete; suspicion turns on Lars, and the staff locks Lars in a room.

The killer electrocutes one of the guests, causing a power failure. Putman returns, and he and Jenny deduce that Lars is not the killer, but Lars has escaped. When Pete is found dead, the staff members turn on each other. Jenny tries to convince the group that they must work together to survive until the shuttle from the mainland returns for the guests. They reject this and split into smaller groups.

Dave manages to restore the electricity. Jenny and Lars are drawn by music to the electricity hut where they find Dave's severed head. Putman is next to be killed.

During a party in the nightclub, Jenny and Lars discover Dave and Putman's bodies. The guests see the corpses and a panic ensues. Penelope, Juan, Lars and Jenny find Sam's apparently lifeless body in a mud bath. While they consider their next move, Sam leaps from the bath with a machete and grabs Lars.

Sam reveals that he is the killer and wanted to kill everyone on the island because Pete had intended to sell the island to the military, but decided to give the island to Dave. Jealous, Sam decided that Dave would mismanage the resort and destroy it. Lars grabs the machete, allowing the others to escape. Penelope is lost among the party-crazed guests, and Jenny and Juan lock themselves in the nightclub. They see Sam drowning Penelope in a large tank. Juan smashes the tank and rescues Penelope. Sam prepares to kill them, but Lars appears and stabs Sam.

Sam pursues Lars, Jenny, Penelope, and Juan as they escape through the jungle. In the morning, they are cornered on a cliff, so they jump to the water below. They find the resort's damaged boats, and try to cobble together enough working parts to leave the island. Sam appears and kills Juan, then attacks Jenny and Penelope. Lars overcomes Sam, and Sam is bisected by a boat propeller. As the three survivors of Lars, Jenny and Penelope speed away, the bisected Sam continues to pursue them despite his fatal wounds.

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