Deception is the new Hugh Jackman, Ewan MacGregor suspense, thriller flick that hit the theaters over the weekend with a tremendous thud.
A huge box office bust its first week out, Deception is the story of a lonely, intraverted CPA,
MacGregor, whose life is wasting away. He meets up with Wyatt (Jackman) who is handsome and outgoing and leads our lonely CPA into a world of free sex with beautiful women, and a life he could only imagine. Or so it seems. Nothing about Wyatt is what it seems.
Deception is a good example of a pretty good story idea making it to the big screen, but for some reason it just doesn't connect to the movie going public. When I walked out of Deception, there was something missing. I couldn't quite put my finger on it, but it just falls short. Deception is a dark movie, and I will admit draggy at times and towards the end you feel like it has already ended a time or two before this.
Hugh Jackman is a fine actor, and he is a terrific bad guy in Deception. Toss in the wonderful Michelle Williams as the love interest, and you have the whole deal here right? Sadly, wrong. Williams is well...I really don't know her character is in this movie, and that's a main problem. They try to tie up all the loose ends but don't, and there are a couple of unclear moments at Deceptions' end when it finally arrives.
Deception. Better idea than actual movie. Not a waste of time, but the casual movie goer more than likely comes up empty.
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