A bad movie

Oh dear…. I really really didn’t like this movie at all… In my opinion, it is one of the most disappointing, most stupid thrillers ever made. Yeah, I’m dead serious. So, what went wrong here? I mean, Richard Donner is a really solid director (‘16 Blocks’, ‘Maverick’, the whole ‘Lethal Weapon’ franchise, ‘The Goonies’, ‘Ladyhawke’, ‘Superman’) and I don’t think his directing should be blamed. Same thing concerning Julia Roberts and Mel Gibson. I mean, I’m not a huge fan of Julia Roberts and she basically plays the very same character in most of her movies but I think she did a decent job in this movie. Mel Gibson is one of the most interesting action movie stars and he usually adds some emotions, some psychological side to some characters who are usually really limited. Here, Gibson gave also a decent performance about a rather deranged man. So, all the ingredients were present to make, at least, a decent thriller but it wasn’t meant to be, I’m afraid. In my opinion, the huge problem with this movie was the story. Indeed, I thought it was one of the most pathetic thriller plots I have ever watched. I mean, the built-up was not too bad but the climax was just so preposterous, it was seriously pissed off. Basically, the whole thing is about a man who seems to be really disturbed, believing in some weird conspiracies. So, at first, they make you believe that it is a story dealing with madness and psychological turmoil but, of course, since we are dealing with a Hollywood feature, it couldn’t be so subtle… Indeed, at the end, you learn that everything, seriously, every f*cking theory made up by this guy was actually true… They tried to give some rational explanation about the whole thing but my mouth fell just wide open… I was thinking ‘How stupid do you think I am ?!? Do you think I’m going to buy this pile of horse sh*t?!? Honestly, it was hands down the worst movie twist I have ever seen. Basically, it could have been a decent thriller about a mad man but I was just another really stupid thriller and I don’t think it is worth a look whatsoever.

4/10