The film stars Naomi Ackie, Channing Tatum, Christian Slater, Simon Rex, Adria Arjona, Haley Joel Osment, Kyle MacLachlan, Geena Davis, and Alia Shawkat.

It tells the story of a group of people invited to the private island of a billionaire tech mogul as something strange happens with the attendees.

In attendance are Slater's friends and business partners: photographer Vic, private chef Cody, DJ Tom, and college graduate Lucas.

The women are treated with lavish rooms, gift bags of perfume, potent hallucinogens, and high-end meals and cocktails prepared by Cody.

The local workers all sport the same snake tattoo, and Frida has strange encounters with a maid who seems to recognize her and calls her "Red Rabbit".

Camilla stabs Tom to death while Heather badly injures Vic before being fatally shot by Stan, Slater's security guard.

It is revealed that Frida was on the island the year before, was raped and assaulted by Slater, and bit off Vic's pinky finger before her memories were wiped.

Dancy and Kravitz collaborated by sending each other clips of sounds they would hear in the wild, and had a number of inspirations ranging from gagaku to Igor Stravinsky's compositions to Indonesian drumming to the theme song from Fantasy Island.

[15] The film additionally features songs like LCD Soundsystem's "Dance Yrself Clean", James Brown's "People Get Up and Drive Your Funky Soul", and "Ain't Nobody" by Rufus and Chaka Khan.

[3][4] In the United States and Canada, Blink Twice was released alongside The Crow and The Forge, and was projected to gross $7–8 million from 3,067 theaters in its opening weekend.

The website's consensus reads: "A bold and memorable debut that thrusts Zoë Kravitz into the turf of directors to watch, Blink Twice is a live wire of a film.

[30] Wendy Ide of The Guardian rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, lauding it as "slickly efficient", "highly entertaining", and "visually rich".

[32] In a review for RogerEbert.com, Peyton Robinson gave the film 1 out of 4 stars, stating that it fails to meaningfully engage with its themes about "the sinister capabilities of rich white men."

She criticizes the writing as a "chop shop of buzzwords" that lacks depth and nuance, merely calling out issues without exploring them, making it "an affirmation of a tired, simple narrative toolbox being sold as unflinching feminist grit."

Robinson describes the film's humor as "unfunny" and ineffective, stating it doesn't earn laughs or manage serious topics with intelligence.

She praises the performances, especially Tatum's and Ackie's, but ultimately concludes that the film is a "homespun exploitation" with a "pretentious conclusion", lacking the courage needed for impactful storytelling.

[33] Robinson's review for Blink Twice aligns with Ross McIndoe of Slant Magazine, who noted that the film "has thoughts about the danger that men can pose", but criticized it for offering only a surface-level understanding of these dynamics.

[34] Brooks Eisenbise of Chicago Reader called it "clumsy and overworked yet valiant endeavor" and asserted that as a thriller, "it's a cliched and badly paced mess.

"[35] Odie Henderson of The Boston Globe argued that while the film attempts a feminist message, "it's ultimately just a slasher movie with a bunch of one-dimensional Final Girls."

Henderson highlights that the film's initial half presents a series of repetitive scenes where characters engage in drinking, substance use, and poolside lounging, and contends that Kravitz's reliance on these sequences fails to provide any visual intrigue or meaningful character development, making the film look like "a boring reality TV show.