Deception on DVD Starring Hugh Jackman and Ewan McGregor

Deception

Starring: Hugh Jackman, Ewan McGregor, Michelle Williams, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Maggie Q

Genre: Mystery & Suspense, Drama

Rating: R

Theater Release Date: April 25, 2008

DVD Release Date: September 23, 2008

Plot Outline

Jonathan (Ewan McGregor) is a mid level accountant with a pretty boring, lonely life. A lawyer comrade (Hugh Jackman) takes him out one night and shows him a whole new lifestyle. One full of luxury, beautiful women, drugs and alcohol. A place where all your fantasies can come true. A place called The List.

Suddenly Jonathan’s life is filled with different beautiful women each day on a no name sex only basis. He meets a lovely woman known as S (Michelle Williams) and instantly falls for her. He breaks the rules with her in hopes of wooing her. But soon she disappears and Jonathan finds himself caught up a missing person’s case and the sudden disappearance of millions of dollars. He must figure out what is going on before he is charged with murder but when bodies turn up the scheme he is in the middle of becomes more complicated he may just be stuck. Or not.

Editorial Review

Not that great. It had good intentions, honestly, but it failed in pulling off all the tricks it laid out. The acting was also well intended and some people pulled it off but not everyone. Michelle Williams was pitch perfect but Hugh Jackman didn’t seem present. He was just blasé. He lacked the inner punch and queerness that would have made his rich character sensational.

The story turned out to be too predictable. That was it’s simple flaw. We’ve seen this world of sexy women, drugs and more lots and lots of time. It was the same sort of thing with a predictable ending and the twists weren’t really twists at all because you could see them coming ten minutes before that. Thus the film was slow and didn’t get pulled off like it should have been.

Deception Trailer

Customer Reviews

Very disppointing

Reviewed by Shane on 09/20/2008

The story was contrived and so unrealistic as to be laughable and during the first half hour or so there was actual laughs in the cinema. No tension since we didn't care about any of the characters, even Ewan was unlikable!

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