Based on R1 DVD 102 min.
After a reasonable start this movie descends into a muddled bog of unbelief by the end. Chris Penn has to act like a dumbfounded statue; a part he plays rather well; while his fellow cop (Rooker) steals a couple of scenes from the Shining and the Dear Hunter. The ending is not really a big surprise but one has to ask why anyone would bother going to such lengths.
A big failing with The Deceiver is not that it is often confused or confusing but that it makes no real effort to make the viewer care.
5/10 catch it on TV
After a reasonable start this movie descends into a muddled bog of unbelief by the end. Chris Penn has to act like a dumbfounded statue; a part he plays rather well; while his fellow cop (Rooker) steals a couple of scenes from the Shining and the Dear Hunter. The ending is not really a big surprise but one has to ask why anyone would bother going to such lengths.
A big failing with The Deceiver is not that it is often confused or confusing but that it makes no real effort to make the viewer care.
5/10 catch it on TV