Deception - Deadly temptation

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Movie
German title Deception - Deadly temptation
Original title Deception
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2008
length 108 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Marcel Langenegger
script Mark Bomback
production Robbie Brenner ,
David L. Bushell ,
Christopher Eberts ,
Hugh Jackman ,
John Palermo ,
Arnold Rifkin
music Ramin Djawadi
camera Dante Spinotti
cut Christian Wagner
Douglas Crise
occupation

Deception is a thriller from 2008. The production is the first full-length feature film by Swiss director Marcel Langenegger , the script was written by Mark Bomback .

action

The lawyer Wyatt Bose introduces his friend, honest auditor Jonathan McQuarry, apparently by chance, to the exclusive sex club The List by swapping their cell phones and Bose having to fly to England on business immediately afterwards . Appointments are made by telephone among the members of this club, and when they meet, sexual acts occur without any obligations arising therefrom. From a lady who McQuarry gets to know in this way, he learns that there are rules that must not be broken. No names may be named and no personal relationships may be established.

Through the telephone contacts that McQuarry makes with the help of the phone numbers from Bose's cell phone, after a while he meets an attractive blonde woman whom he has seen before in the subway and with whom he fell in love. Although the rules actually forbid him to do so, he tries to meet the blonde woman again, which he finally manages. That evening he finds out due to their key ring that her first name with the letter S will begin. However, he gets knocked down in the hotel room and thinks he sees blood on the bed sheet before he passes out. When the police arrive, however, no blood is found. In addition, the doorman says that McQuarry was alone in the room, which is why the police do not believe him and are not investigating the kidnapping he reported. The police's skepticism is reinforced by the fact that he knows next to nothing about the missing woman.

McQuarry is contacted by Bose and instructed to transfer money from the black accounts of a company whose books he is about to examine to an account in McQuarry's name in Spain in order to see the kidnapped woman again. A woman speaks to him on the mailbox and orders him to a meeting that he owes her, since she is the first contact on the list. However, she was expecting Bose, and with her help, McQuarry discovers that Wyatt Bose's real name is Jamie Getz and that he spent three years in prison in San Francisco for starting a fire to commit insurance fraud. On the phone, McQuarry confronts his adversary Getz with this information. However, Getz puts McQuarry under pressure to comply with his instructions by previously strangling a previous sex acquaintance of McQuarry with a tennis string made from McQuarry's tennis racket in order to raise suspicion. Getz therefore gives McQuarry the hint that he can hand him over to the police at any time. McQuarry makes the transfer of the black money. Shortly before the ultimatum that Getz had given him expired, McQuarry received a photo on his cell phone showing the kidnapped woman gagged in his apartment. On the way there, however, he notices that the photo was taken weeks before, because the water pipe that can be seen in the background has been leaking for a few days, but not on the photo, which is missing the stain on the wallpaper left by the water .

The caretaker previously commissioned, who wanted to repair the line, triggers the trap that Getz had prepared in the apartment. A gas explosion occurs that kills the caretaker. Getz observes this explosion from an apartment opposite and travels with the identity of the supposedly dead McQuarry to the Banco Nacional de San Sebastián in Spain to withdraw the transferred money. When he gets there, the blonde woman is already waiting for him, but she has a remorse because she has also fallen in love with McQuarry and so far knew nothing about his murder. As planned, Getz wants to withdraw the money with McQuarry's identity, but experiences a surprise: A second authorized signature has been entered, without whom the payout is not possible. He is contacted by McQuarry who do need and this required for the disbursement of the second signature for half of the funds paid 20 million US dollars claimed. Getz accepts the conditions and the two withdraw the money with exchanged identities. The blonde woman has since disappeared and McQuarry offers Getz half of his $ 10 million to find out where she is. Getz goes to the park with McQuarry and wants to shoot him there, but is shot himself by the blonde woman. The fake passport with McQuarry's name falls out of his pocket. McQuarry, who now has the identity of Getz, puts the passport in the dying Getz's pocket and leaves it with the two suitcases.

At the end of the film, McQuarry and the blonde woman meet again.

background

The film was shot in New York City and Madrid . Filming of the film began on October 13, 2006 and lasted seven weeks. Its production amounted to an estimated 25 million US dollars . The film opened in Australian and Russian cinemas on April 24, 2008 and in US, Canadian and British cinemas on April 25, 2008. The German theatrical release was scheduled for September 18, 2008. The film grossed over $ 17.7 million in cinemas around the world, including just under $ 4.6 million in US cinemas, which posted revenues of over $ 2.3 million on the opening weekend stood.

As alternatives to the chosen film title, the titles The List and The Tourist were shortlisted. The main actor Ewan McGregor was not very happy with the choice of the film title Deception , which means something like cheating , dizziness or misleading , because it sounds like a bad film, although he thinks the film is quite successful.

The soccer game that Ewan McGregor sees in the film on television is a real match between the two Uruguayan teams Nacional Montevideo and CA Peñarol from Montevideo , which was played in 2006.

criticism

Louise Keller found in Urban Cinefile that the film was a "melodramatic thriller" with "intriguing, but highly fantastic elements". Charlotte Rampling is particularly “beguiling” in the role of a Wall Street financial expert. The representations are excellent.

Mark Olsen wrote in the Los Angeles Times on April 25, 2008 that the film would be "ridiculously bad" if it weren't so sluggish. The plot twists are borrowed from the other films. The director, who was previously involved in television advertising, concentrated on the visual side and left the actors to their own devices (" Marcel Langenegger, known for commercials and here making his feature debut, seems to have left the actors to figure it out for themselves. His concerns are much more in the pursuit of gleaming, Armani-sleek compositions and a rather fruitless and wearying visual motif regarding glass and reflections "). Only the camerawork by Dante Spinotti , who had already worked with Michael Mann , was praised .

Ulf Lepelmeier from Filmstarts wondered “what Hugh Jackman found so captivating about the script that he also pushed the film project forward as a producer. [...] It just doesn't want any sustained tension and the big twist at the end is seen through far earlier than the director would like. "Lepelmeier praised the performance of Michelle Williams ," who succeeds despite a relatively small role as To set Femme Fatale accents ”. He also found positive words for “the dignified camera work by Dante Spinotti [...] and the musical background that pulls all the stops, which enhances the thriller with a cool, stylish look and an appealing soundscape.” Lepelmeier sums up: “This is how it is as the new Basic Instinct advertised film is neither an irresistible temptation nor a tense game of deception and betrayal ”.

The editors of TV Movie judged: "In the end, the story is out of breath."

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Locations according to the Internet Movie Database
  2. a b c Budget and box office results according to the Internet Movie Database
  3. a b c Background information according to the Internet Movie Database
  4. Start dates according to the Internet Movie Database
  5. boxofficemojo.com , accessed October 17, 2008
  6. Viviano: Ewan McGregor: “Deception” worries him , London, April 27, 2008
  7. movie review from Louise Keller on urbancinefile.com.au, accessed on April 21 of 2008.
  8. Mark Olsen's film review on calendarlive.com, accessed October 17, 2008.
  9. Film review by Ulf Lepelmeier on filmstarts.de
  10. Page no longer available , search in web archives: film review on tvmovie.de@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.tvmovie.de