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A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

This was okay, I was expecting it to better though with Ewan McGregor, Hugh Jackman and Michelle Williams attached but it just fell kinda flat especially as an "erotic thriller". I will say it didn't ever go where I thought it going to, the mystery aspect was unique in that respect.Ewan McGregor plays a nerdy shy accountant here who is introduced to a secretive sex club known as "The List" when he mistakenly swaps phones with his smooth talking lawyer friend Hugh Jackman. "Are you free tonight?" is how it all starts, Jonathan soon falls for one of the members and then becomes the prime suspect in her disappearance as well as a multi-million dollar heist.Jackman and McGregor had pretty good chemistry together, I like both these actors so they were an easy sell and it was interesting how they managed to look so alike later on. Michelle Williams is super talented but she's wasted here in a dull, fluffy role that left zero impression.One big issue I had was with the two cases containing 10 million dollars that are just left in the park. Really! that's insane besides the fact that "he" needs the money no one would just leave 10 million dollars and walk away. 2/15/16

Only one person can create a vast web of conspiracy into a game of cat and mouse by the close of the film and that would be Hugh Jackman playing a devious lawyer throwing a naive accountant (Ewan McGregor) into a web of finance, sex and lies. For a storyline, the plot is pretty simple to start, but then takes the twists and turns of a thriller. most of the dull moments are due to the absence of Hugh Jackman for most of the film's mid-section. Things really picked up for me when he returns on-screen and lays out the deadly game he has set McGregor up in.Casting is a fair job. Jackman is the best of the lot with his charismatic attitude, dashing good looks and sly wiles as he cons his co-star into the sex game and later financial blackmail. McGregor has his moments when he holds the majority of the film's middle while Jackman is "away." Michelle Williams as the mystery woman is adequate (she is no Kim Basinger (The Natural and L.A. Confidential) or Mary Astor (The Maltese Falcon), but she does hold an air of mystery that turns a bit obvious by the time Jackman reappears.Give "Deception" a shot if you need a good thriller.

This movie is a classic case of weak story supported by strong actors.The entire plot is given away by the title, and perhaps the movie should have been more accurately called 'The List', giving it a sinister, secret cult like feel along the lines of Eyes Wide Shut.What we get instead is an EXTREMELY predictable storyline with few surprises and plodding dialogue.You can never have a truly awful movie with the likes of Ewan McGregor and Hugh Jackman front and centre, but their talents are wasted on a truly bad script.Michelle Williams is serviceable as the extremely predictable 'girl for hire' seductress.You see the ending coming from 50 miles out, as the movie pulls the ridiculous device of playing 'this is the end of the movie' music for the next 20 minutes after you think the main hero is dead.To top it all off, after realizing his personality is essentially dead, by placing his forged passport on the body of the villain, and having no future to return to in the US, the hero walks away from 20 million CASH with the pretty call girl in tow, RIDICULOUS.The movie could have been far superior if he had instead transferred another 50 million to another bank in the same city that night, walked there with the girl at the end of the movie after killing the villain, and withdrawn the larger sum under the false identity he was travelling under! NOW they can walk off into the sunset! Maybe some playful dialogue, like "How do you feel about a really big boat???" "Response: Looks like my ship has come in!" There! BOOM!!! MUCH BETTER MOVIE!!!

its a decent movie and i found it to be a bit to slow and you can see some stuff happening a mile away if your into these types of movies. its about sex, money and black mailing and nothing wrong with Hugh Jackman, Ewan McGregor, and Michelle Williams they all done a great job acting, its the story thats gets slow and boring at times it just needed a slight rewrite for the odd parts with a occasional stupid line from someone. there are a few holes near the end that i would like plugged. besides that its not bad, you can find better for this type of film. watch it have fun and enjoy the show, it could of been better and its not but its not bad.