CONTAINS SPOILERS
The person who was responsible for the script of this movie must have really had an incredible off-day. Plot twists are usually a good thing to have in thrillers, but when they come in such ridiculous amounts as in this movie it becomes really painful.
Things start out promising, though. Two girls (Neve Campbell and Denise Richards) accuse Mat Dillon of raping them. The case in brought to court, the charges turn out to be fake, and the Denise Richards' family has to pay Dillon a huge compensation. A police officer (Kevin Bacon, how did he get mixed up in this pile of crap?) suspects there is more to the case then meets the eye and starts an investigation.
So far, so good. However, after this point the movie turns into a non-stop series of people betraying each other, having sex with each other and killing each other. The main problem with these events is, that after a while it just loses any form of credibility..you haven't got the faintest idea why on earth these people are doing all these things. For example, the police officer that starts the investigation later turns out to be involved in the entire scheme..why start the investigation then? And after his partner notices he is gone, it takes her about 5 minutes to find out everything...yeah right.
After seeing this movie I couldn't help but feel horribly confused and disappointed, even though the ending credits (supposedly) cleared up some gaps in the plot.
Maybe I've missed the point of this movie. There'll undoubtedly be people that think that this is a brilliant movie that constantly puts people on the wrong track. But I think this movie manipulates the audience in a very cheap way and simply becomes an implausible mess of plot twists.
* out of **** stars
The person who was responsible for the script of this movie must have really had an incredible off-day. Plot twists are usually a good thing to have in thrillers, but when they come in such ridiculous amounts as in this movie it becomes really painful.
Things start out promising, though. Two girls (Neve Campbell and Denise Richards) accuse Mat Dillon of raping them. The case in brought to court, the charges turn out to be fake, and the Denise Richards' family has to pay Dillon a huge compensation. A police officer (Kevin Bacon, how did he get mixed up in this pile of crap?) suspects there is more to the case then meets the eye and starts an investigation.
So far, so good. However, after this point the movie turns into a non-stop series of people betraying each other, having sex with each other and killing each other. The main problem with these events is, that after a while it just loses any form of credibility..you haven't got the faintest idea why on earth these people are doing all these things. For example, the police officer that starts the investigation later turns out to be involved in the entire scheme..why start the investigation then? And after his partner notices he is gone, it takes her about 5 minutes to find out everything...yeah right.
After seeing this movie I couldn't help but feel horribly confused and disappointed, even though the ending credits (supposedly) cleared up some gaps in the plot.
Maybe I've missed the point of this movie. There'll undoubtedly be people that think that this is a brilliant movie that constantly puts people on the wrong track. But I think this movie manipulates the audience in a very cheap way and simply becomes an implausible mess of plot twists.
* out of **** stars