An average movie

Beforehand, I wasn't expecting much from this flick. I don't know, maybe because Richard Gere was involved. Anyway, eventually, I thought it was a decent fantastic thriller. Of course, most of it doesn't make it any sense but I thought the whole thing was actually pretty entertaining and it was above all thanks to the director, Mark Pellington. Basically, it is a plot that could have been used for the X-files (I find it half amusing and half annoying that they put a 'based on true events' tag on this flick... I mean, come on! Maybe 10% of it actually happened and I'm being really generous here...). Still, even though the plot was completely preposterous, the directing was so efficient, I couldn't wait to see what would happen next. It is not really surprising that Mark Pellington's previous directing effort was 'Arlington Road' which was also a preposterous but also fascinating thriller. To conclude, I think it is a very well made fantastic thriller and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

6/10