Deception: Intimacy Without Intricacy

Director: Marcel Langenegger
Writer: Mark Bomback
Producers: Robbie Brenner, David L. Bushell, Christopher Eberts, Hugh Jackman, John Palermo, Arnold Rifkin, and Marjorie Shik.

Starring: Hugh Jackman as Wyatt Bose, Ewan Mcgregor as Jonathan Mcquarry, Michelle Williams as S, Lisa Gay Hamilton as Detective Russo, Natasha Henstridge as The Wall Street Analyst, and Maggie Q as Tina(IMDb). Rated-R.

Wyatt and Jonathan are having lunch outside in a recreational area when Wyatt received an urgent phone call requesting that he travel to London. As he left in a hurry, he grabbed Jonathan's phone instead, and unknowingly Jonathan grabbed his. Later that evening Jonathan received several calls on Wyatt's phone asking him if he is open or available, and although he tried to explain that he had somebody else's phone, he ended up meeting with a hot woman who he drilled with the British meat-pipe. As Jonathan continued to drill several women, he met one he actually liked, but she ultimately placed him harms way.

Expectedly, there was sex in this movie but the sex was used in a rather crafty way in conveying the goal of the plot. At some point I did ask myself what did the sex club have to do with Wyatt's duplicity, and thankfully that was explained. The sex in the film did have a point, and although it was fun to watch, it was not that gratuitous.

The acting was great, and Ewan Mcgregor's role as the geeky accountant who contemplated the meaning of his life might appeal to those who work hard and never play. Hugh Jackman was great as well, and he acted it seemed according to what the character demanded of him, for Wyatt was introduced as cold and calculating, and not maniacal and crazy. Overall, the film was entertaining but I did not think it was edgy enough. According to Movies.com, the fans gave it a B, and the critics gave it a C-, and I will side with neither, and grade it a C. Stay tuned, Movieporium.blogspot.com.