Deception Movie Download

3 / 10

Unappetizing wallow…a sexed-up cell-phone thriller about as familiar as its title
Ewan McGregor never convinces as a meek accountant (who actually admits to sleeping with only four women in his entire life!) whose cell-phone is switched with that of a swinging New York City lawyer (Hugh Jackman, also none-too-convincing with a hack American accent). The accountant allows himself to be submerged in the high toned-yet-seamy lifestyle of the lawyer until he’s set up to be the fall-guy in a crime. Continually disappointing, derivative, unimaginative thriller filmed in washed-out winter-blues and grays, crippled by an endlessly-protracted finale. With a seemingly large budget and talented actors in the cast (including Charlotte Rampling–still beautiful in her later years), blame for the picture’s failure must fall on Mark Bomback’s ridiculous screenplay, which could have been penned by any student just graduating film school. *1/2 from ****Read More