Shawn's Deception Review

2008 Movie #106 - Deception

So the new Metallica CD is actually surprisingly kick ass. I have it playing right now and I must say, I am very impressed. In fact I've picked up a few cds lately I've really enjoyed such as this one, Slipknot and Disturbed. I guess I must be having such a good luck streak with music because I've been having such a god awful fucking streak with movies that this one just adds to.

I think this one officially means I've seen all the April movies finally. I held off on watching this one forever because I knew I wasn't going to enjoy it at all and those are always the hardest movies to sit down and watch. I didn't flat out hate the movie but I have to throw into the familiar pile of movies that really have no right existing.

The plot is basic with predictable twists and turns (I mean hell we already know there has to be plenty of these since the fucker is called "Deception") and everything plays out pretty much exactly as you would expect it to with no surprises along the way. The problem is that this movie seems to think all of it's twists will smash your brain into shit. They really do look like they believe these are huge revelations the audience would never see coming, which would be true only if the audience was being exposed to the concept of motion pictures for the very first time.

There are some quality actors attached to this one and they all for the most part do a good job but I can't help but wonder what they all saw in this movie? I mean Hugh Jackman is even credited as a producer so he really had a hand in this thing. Have they just never seen a thriller movie before in their lives? That's the only way they could have possibly thought they were doing anything even slightly original here.

To go back to the plot for a second, as a whole it really doesn't make much fucking sense. In that sense it really reminded of that movie Derailed which was terrible and the last movie on earth you want something to remind you of. The only thing that should remind you of that movie is jamming nails into your eyes. The whole first part of the movie with the sex club really doesn't make much sense with the overall plan once it's revealed so I guess it's there just to make the movie somewhat interesting. Then when the plan is revealed you can't help but think "is that it?" Why did so many people feel this was a story that needed to be told?

Another in a string of why bother movies, you've seen it before, you'll see it again, only that time I thankfully won't HAVE to see it. This movie gets an extra .5 because Michelle Williams, Natasha Henstridge and Maggie Q were all looking fiiiiiine.

* 1/2 / 5