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Detectives Braxton (Chris Penn) and Kenneshaw (Michael Rooker) are interrogating textile heir Wayland (Tim Roth) over the murder of a prostitute. Certain that they have their man, they place Wayland under a lie detector test. Although he admits to meeting the murdered woman, while drunk, Wayland denies killing her. Instead, he begins to play mind games with the detectives, undermining their confidence in each other and placing doubts in their minds as to his guilt.
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
When I saw this DVD in the shops I couldn't believe my eyes, I'd had the video for a number of years but thought it was rather a low key film that would never see the 'DVD' light of day but here it is - and what a film.
If you want a truly intelligent, well scripted, well acted and above all rounded film then this is for you.
The simple concept is of a man who has been taken in for questioning (Tim Roth) after his phone number has been found in the pocket of a murdered woman. Everything seems to link him to the murder but as the film goes on everything may not be what it seems at first.
Two cops (Chris Penn and Michael Rooker) try to outwit him using a lie detector but after a relatively short while, you start to instinctively feel that 'something just doesn't add up here' but you can't quite work out what.
WIth a number of sub plots intertwining with the main story it'll have you trying to work out who knows who and who did what to whom and when right until the end.
Not a big budget Hollywood film but thoroughly recommended.
If you want a truly intelligent, well scripted, well acted and above all rounded film then this is for you.
The simple concept is of a man who has been taken in for questioning (Tim Roth) after his phone number has been found in the pocket of a murdered woman. Everything seems to link him to the murder but as the film goes on everything may not be what it seems at first.
Two cops (Chris Penn and Michael Rooker) try to outwit him using a lie detector but after a relatively short while, you start to instinctively feel that 'something just doesn't add up here' but you can't quite work out what.
WIth a number of sub plots intertwining with the main story it'll have you trying to work out who knows who and who did what to whom and when right until the end.
Not a big budget Hollywood film but thoroughly recommended.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By M. Cumming
Format:DVD
This is quite a clever and intelligent film, which puts Tim Roth in the frame of a murder of a woman, and he undergoes some very enduring and difficult lie detector tests. There are lots of twists and turns (do not want to give ANY away). If you fancy a good thriller outside of the realms of the usual blockbuster type, then go for this, as you'll not be disappointed. The acting and script are well above average,
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is an intelligent film-noir psycho-thriller with top-notch performances by Tim Roth, Michael Rooker, Chris Penn and Renee Zellweger, BUT this DVD is the 4:3 pan&scan fullscreen version of the movie.
The RC1 DVD (listed under the movie's original title "Deceiver"), however, is 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen, so choose this version if your player supports it.
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lost tim roth movie
great film and a lost tim roth gem. From which i belive is one of this coutrys great actors. Its not an amazing movie but well worth a watch just for Mr. Roth. Read more
Published 2 months ago by alec
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Superior!
s i m p l y d o e s n ' t g e t a n y b e t t e r !
Published 3 months ago by Christian Edlmayer
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Liar not as good as Lie to Me
For fans of Tim Roth expecting something similar to Tim's American series 'Lie to Me' you will be disappointed.
The tables are turned here in a somewhat bizarre tale. Read more
The tables are turned here in a somewhat bizarre tale. Read more
Published on 13 Mar 2011 by Trisha
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A psychological minefield !
You REALLY have to be on your toes to understand this film and I have to admit as hard as I tried I did get a little lost somewhere towards the end. Read more
Published on 29 Oct 2010
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So good I had to buy it 10 years later
You know you have a great movie when the majority of it is shot in a simple "lie detector" room - the acting quality brings the movie out on its own merit with the occasional scene... Read more
Published on 27 Sep 2010 by carizma
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Tim Roth - major event in the movie
Tim Roth saved the movie. If you like him, you will like the movie. If not...
Published on 28 Jan 2010 by Iwona Kurc
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The Brilliant Tim Roth
I found this little gem by looking through Amazon's files on Tim Roth it has to be said I had never heard of this film, and being a huge fan of his work had to get it. Read more
Published on 28 Aug 2009 by Ms. C. A. Lorac
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Also known as Deceiver (1997)
Chris Penn ... Detective Phillip Braxton
Ellen Burstyn ... Mook
Tim Roth ... James Walter Wayland
Renée Zellweger ... Read more
Ellen Burstyn ... Mook
Tim Roth ... James Walter Wayland
Renée Zellweger ... Read more
Published on 4 Jun 2008 by Mr. Robert Stevenson
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