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Am I the only one that thought this was pretty good...

posted 20 years ago by spillingaround
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...ok obviously I was like "riiiiiiiiiight" at the end and suitably disappointed.. but otherwise I thought this was pretty good.. Nice hitchcockian suspence and fantastic acting particularly from radha mitchell and josh lucas.. Dunno what happened to the director, doesnt seem to have done much since despite showing obvious natural talent and flare for filmaking..

i dunno what it is, but despite the rubbish ending, I still warm to this film.. maybe Iv just ignored the conclusion, concentrated on the good stuff and made up my own answers.

o well..

peace, keep it real, live long and prosper \\//

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[–] karacknsync 19 years ago

Of course, I thought this movie was great also. I do agree w/u about the ending, in my head I was thinking to myself, "Ok, now what?" I like how sometimes the movie keeps you guessing like who are they really, and what's w/that damn cd? It was giving me a migrain trying to figure out everything, I actually would've hoped that they added some more to the story so then we can go, "Ooooooooo, now I see!" Yea, ending was dull, but I give the movie credit. Especially Josh Lucas, he was my fav, he did wonderful acting!

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[–] sauer9 19 years ago

I thought the movie was very good. The acting was wonderful.

[–] martin-secker 18 years ago

I thought it was quite good. Nothing groundbreaking just good entertainment and kept me guessing.

"All I did was *bleep* your girlfriend, that watch belonged to Errol Flynn!"

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[–] wighead_jane 17 years ago

I thought it was pretty good. I agree that the ending fell a little flat, but if you don't think about it too hard it doesn't really bother you. The thing that drew me into this one was the acting. Especially Josh Lucas.

[–] fategirl80 14 years ago

I liked When Strangers Appear too. I have When Strangers Appear on tape with Josh Lucas

[–] LoveLikeWinter17 17 years ago

it was a pretty good movie, i agree... but i think it was sad that jack had to die :(

[–] naveen-gta 16 years ago

I THINK THIS MOVIE IS COMPARABLE TO "NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN" (2007).....

GREAT MOVIE: 8/10....!!!!!

[–] Krissy16 18 years ago

I thought the movie was good! I thought the ending wasn't too bad...

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[–] commit16 18 years ago

I completely agree with you. I love watching movies in Lifetime, they're always very intersting.

What made me want to watch this one was Barry Watson (Jack Berret) <3. The movie was great and like you said, I was jumping in my bed screaming at the TV, saying he shouldn't of waited that long to jump into the vent. I hated how he died, and the ending was lame. Yeah, it was pretty suspenseful but since the start I knew those 3 guys were bad, but I didn't expect the rape from that creepy cop, and the CD stuff.

But other than that it was pretty good, and worthwhile.

[–] dana54143 18 years ago

I like so far im only like halfway through.

[–] CapnNemo 18 years ago

This movie rocked! I just watched it on Lifetime - probably the only time I ever watched anything on Lifetime all the way through - just really great!

O almighty God! Enough! Enough!

[–] manbearpigREVEALED 18 years ago

Peter was just sexy...thats it. Especially at the end when he stabbed her in the bathroom, or when he had her up against the car with the knife, I was like "KISS HER!"

oh, does that make me a little twisted? Madness is beautiful.

[–] thetasteoftears__x 18 years ago

I liked it, I didn't think it was going to be any good at all because I never heard of it but yah, good movie!

[–] jediknight67ii 18 years ago

I thought it was preeety good...Josh is great at playing a devious bastard,though.

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[–] tunfiskur 18 years ago

I looooooooooved this movie. Got me excited all the time!

[–] jediknight67ii 17 years ago

It was a cool movie..but one question? Why does Josh spit whenever his character gets angry? When he started yelling while chasing Rhada Mitchell in the hayfield, spit started flying. When he played Deel in Undertow when his character got angry and started yelling, spit started flying.

[–] pinkchi 16 years ago

maybe no time to swallow saliva? I didn't notice that..

I think this movie is not bad too, better than a lot of the stuff showing in the cinemas.

[–] mike_the_bloody 16 years ago

I thought it was good

Radha Mitchell, Josh Lucas and Barry Watson were all great in their roles. It held my interest all the way through

"You see I'm a guy of simple taste. I enjoy dynamite... gun powder... and gasoline!" - The Joker

[–] sawproblempacks 16 years ago

great movie, i didn`t expect to be great so it was a nice surprise.
Any movie with Radha Mitchell is worth watching.