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I was curious to see this movie upon its release, in part to see how Jennifer Aniston would do in one of the more serious roles she has taken on in recent years and also as I think that Clive Owen is a great actor having been used to him as a regular on British Television from his days in the series "Chancer". Critics seemed to pan this movie, so having lessened my expectations, I was pleasantly surprised and found this an entertaining, edge of your seat thriller there was an interesting twist, though for us, the plot did become a little too transparent and we were able to figure out the ending, well before its conclusion. That said, it was still interesting enough, that we wanted to watch until the end to see exactly how they would play out the scenes. The movie does have some rough scenes, including a gritty, harsh rape scene and some violence - the premise being Owen and Aniston meet on a commuter train, develop an instant spark which leads down the infidelity path - but a violent thief interrupts their near first physical encounter by attacking Own and raping Aniston - this leads to Owen being blackmailed with no recourse. It was an entertaining moive, with enough twists and suspense to keep me watching - sure it does not require much thinking to uncover the plot - but thre are still enough suprises to fire your interest and keep you watching until the end!!Read full review
The movie aside, Jennifer Aniston steps out of her traditional funny-girl role in this dramatic and not-so-suspenseful movie. The movie wasn't terribly gripping, and it certainly was predictable, but Aniston gave a shocking and stunning performance as Lucinda Harris, a "powerful busineswoman". Overall, the film was one of those anxiety stricken movies that demand your anger at the characters for their easily forseeable demise due to their ridiculous life choices. Some critics have said "thriller of the year".... I wonder if they were watching the same movie? The unrated version put back some gratuitous sex scenes, and is none the better for it. Kudos to Aniston, and shame on the director for insulting the audience with foreshadowing that tipped us off to what should have been a surprise ending.Read full review
Heavily criticised on it's cinema release but i found this a watchable thriller and not as implausible as many crtics have said.The plot is farily simple but there's enough in the story to keep your interested and the always watchable Owen and Anniston deliver decent if not outstanding performances and Anniston's role in particular delivers one or two surprises and is a departure from her normal goody two shoes characters. I guess there are a few cinematic liberties taken but then so do most thrillers don't they.I could list dozens of other Hollywood thrillers that were less exciting and more far fetched than this one so don't believe everything the cinema critics say. A decent,watchable but not outstanding thriller awaits the viewer here - not the best of the year but certainly not the worst.Read full review
I really like this movie. It starts out like maybe a cute movie then you get that one two punch in the gut, wow.Jennifer aniston & clive owen are specially stunning and work well together, you could just feel the chemistry between them.Jennifer to me is really remarkable is this movie, in that this is totally a different role then your use to seeing her in and she nails it right on the head, fantastic.Vincent cassel is reveting as the ruthless bad guy.It is a terrific movie with more surprises that you don't see coming. It reminds me of an old alfred hitchcock movie, its that great.
Overall this was a fun movie to watch in the thriller genre...but it could have been a lot better. The beginning and the end were very well done, but in the middle of the film it broke down a bit with several instances that made you wonder if anyone could actually make decisions that illogical. That makes it a little hard to pull for a character that won't utilize readily available resources...but by the final third of the movie they have you back on the main character's side again. Definitely don't pay to see this in a theater, but will make for a nice rental.
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