Rent Deception (2008)
2.8 of 5 from 156 ratings
1h 42min
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- Synopsis:
- Hardworking accountant, Jonathan (Ewan McGregor), is interrupted one evening by lawyer, Wyatt (Hugh Jackman) and the pair embark on a friendship leading Jonathon to be introduced to a mysterious club known as The List. However, in this exciting new world, he soon finds himself as the prime suspect in a woman's disappearance and a multi-million dollar heist.
- Actors:
- Hugh Jackman, Ewan McGregor, Michelle Williams, Bruce Altman, Andrew Ginsburg, Stephanie Roth Haberle, Christine Kan, Dante Spinotti, Karolina Muller, Agnete Oernsholt, Melissa Rae Mahon, Rachel Montez Collins, Holly Cruikshank, Deborah Yates, Bill Camp, Zoe Perry, Aya Cash, Frank Girardeau, Natasha Henstridge, Charlotte Rampling
- Directors:
- Marcel Langenegger
- Producers:
- Mark Albela, Robbie Brenner, David L. Bushell, Christopher Eberts, Hugh Jackman, Denise O'Dell, John Palermo, Denis Pedregosa, Arnold Rifkin
- Writers:
- Mark Bomback
- Studio:
- Entertainment In Video
- Genres:
- Thrillers
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 27/10/2008
- Run Time:
- 102 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 2.0, English DTS 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.40:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Commentary with Director
- Exposing The Deception: Making the Film
- Club Sexy
- Deleted Scenes
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Reviews (4) of Deception
pointless!!! - Deception review by CP Customer
film started off quite well allthough nothing much happened.got to the end of the film thinking what the hell was that all about!pointless film with pointless middle and end!
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.
A terrible, dull, boring & pointless film that squanders it's incredible cast - Deception review by TB
Think of the sort of cast you would kill for to star in your film. Actors who had incredible presence, charisma and star power, who can and have delivered masterful performances in the past. Then add into the mix a daring, provocative and actually really potentially intriguing premise. Then finally a decent budget to be able to realise this...
Now throw all those ingredients together in no logical way, squandering that massive potential and making a movie so bland, boring and forgettable it almost deserves some kind of award from the Razzies.
And that in a nutshell is Deception.
I sat through this film waiting for it to start. Waiting for something, anything to happen. Not even Ewan could make this film in any way good. His character, a straight-edged loser who get sucked into a sinister underworld of sex clubs, is a blank cypher. Not even the sex is good or interestingly shot. And Hugh Jackman as the antagonist is just laughable. After seeing the incredible presence he can bring to the screen in films like Prisoners and as Wolverine, here he is about as threatening as a Playdough hammer.
This is such a waste of so many good elements, a black mark on the CV's of all involved. Avoid.
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Rental fodder - Deception review by CP Customer
With Ewan and Hugh onboard you'd be expecting more from this average thriller, that really lacks of all things thrills!
Ewan performs his accounting duties well enough, having been in the financial sector in previous films. Jackman is a convincing brash lawyer who seems to have everything Ewan's character lacks. So this strange friendship develops in ways you'd never expect.
There is plenty of style onscreen but the characters never develop to any extent. As I originally suggested a thriller without thrills is fundamentally flawed. Deception indeed.
0 out of 2 members found this review helpful.