Deception (2008)
Daisy Bates, Ewan McGregor, Frank Girardeau
"Are you free tonight?" A simple enough question, but how Jonathan McQuarry answers it will change his life forever. A corporate auditor adrift in a sea of New York's power elite, Jonathan's work is his entire life. But, a chance meeting with Wyatt Bose, a charismatic corporate lawyer, introduces J... (read more) "Are you free tonight?" A simple enough question, but how Jonathan McQuarry answers it will change his life forever. A corporate auditor adrift in a sea of New York's power elite, Jonathan's work is his entire life. But, a chance meeting with Wyatt Bose, a charismatic corporate lawyer, introduces Jonathan to a decadent playground for Manhattan's executive upper crust. For these power brokers, whose 18-hour workdays leave no time for a personal life, there's "The List"--a sex club, of sorts, where the right cell-phone number and four simple words ("Are you free tonight?") can lead to an evening's sexual fulfillment. It's a world of "intimacy without intricacy," as Jonathan's first conquest (or vice versa) explains to him, and through The List Jonathan discovers a side of himself that he didn't know existed. But an affair with a ravishing and mysterious stranger known to Jonathan only by her first initial 'S', will expose him to yet another world he never imagined--one of betrayal, treachery and murder.
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R, 1 hr. 48 min.
Directed by:
Marcel Langenegger
Release Date: Apr 25, 2008
DVD Release Date: Sep 23, 2008
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Wolverine and Obi Wan battle it out deceptively. Maggie Q makes a nice cameo. Engaging direction. Did he really leave the suitcases?
The scenario is pretty fascinating. Jonathan apparently seems a bit silly but he is only mad about love.
Not bad at all! I really like the end where the bad guy gets screwed... Mouahahahaha
Ewan McGregor and Hugh Jackman brought me in. The plot was stereotypical and at times predictable (especially the "twists"), but it was enjoyable. Had parts that made me feel like I've seen the exact same movie before, but I could never put my finger... (read more) Ewan McGregor and Hugh Jackman brought me in. The plot was stereotypical and at times predictable (especially the "twists"), but it was enjoyable. Had parts that made me feel like I've seen the exact same movie before, but I could never put my finger on it, so I can't make a one-to-one comparison.
I never caught it while in theaters, but knew it did not do too well and that critics trashed it. Despite that, or perhaps because all that lowered my expectations, I found it to be a serviceable pot-boiler. The acting from the three leads, McGregor,... (read more) I never caught it while in theaters, but knew it did not do too well and that critics trashed it. Despite that, or perhaps because all that lowered my expectations, I found it to be a serviceable pot-boiler. The acting from the three leads, McGregor, Jackman, and Williams was better than the material deserved, and the director tries to make it a stylish modern noir, which he almost accomplishes, but not quite. The sex aspect of the movie is not used in a satisfying way, and seems to be in there just to sell tickets (which it apparently did not). Yes, it's how Williams and McGregor really meet, but that could have been easily tweaked. The last third of the movie becomes Hitchcock-lite, in the best sense; a mood that would have benefitted the whole picture. In the end, I was not disappointed, and even though the script turns on some asinine twists, the director and actors rise above it and make for a fun, if very slight, mystery.
Que cosa con ese club, esta buena la pelicula, llena de intriga por aqui y por alla!!!
J'ai en horreur les thrillers qui en font des tonnes...vous savezn ceux qui vous hurlent des les premieres minutes qu'ils vont vous servir de la manipulation, des gens-qui-ne-sont-pas-ce-qu'ils-semblent-etre, des twists a la louche et meme du sexe, s... (read more) J'ai en horreur les thrillers qui en font des tonnes...vous savezn ceux qui vous hurlent des les premieres minutes qu'ils vont vous servir de la manipulation, des gens-qui-ne-sont-pas-ce-qu'ils-semblent-etre, des twists a la louche et meme du sexe, si vous n'etiez pas encore convaincu par le reste. Evacuons rapidement le dernier point, ici parfaitement inepte, superflu et aussi sulfureux qu'un pot de chambre. Pour le reste, on percute immediatement que "Manipulation" ne sera pas un grand film. Manque d'ambition perceptible des le depart, bien que le pitch suscite quand meme une curiosite minimale. Mais plus le complot se devoile, moins on se sent concerne par la chose, alors meme que les ficelles scenaristiques ne sont fondamentalement pas pires que dans d'autres thrillers. Le coup de grace est assene par le rocambolesque quart d'heure final, qui prouve que trop de rebondissements peuvent tuer le rebondissement. Au fond, le titre en V.O. etait parfaitement adequat...
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