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Starring: Halle Berry, Bruce Willis, Giovanni Ribisi,
Director: James Foley
This mystery/suspense project seems to be mainly concerned with being a jiggle fest for Berry with plenty of slow, panning body shots of her. Now, don’t get me wrong, that’s not a bad thing, but it seems to interrupt the focus off of the story, which flounders in spots and then has an ending that is like throwing a bucket of paint. It gets everything, but nothing is done well.
Berry plays Rowena, an investigative journalist who, in a round about way, comes to be investigating her friend’s murder. Her only suspect is Harrison Hill, a womanizing advertising mogul, played by Bruce Willis, who seems to have had an Internet romance, turned real with the victim. More evidence is needed (as it always is) so Rowena goes undercover in Hill’s company to try to get close to him and his computer. Since online relationships figure somewhat prominently in this movie there are a lot of scenes of the characters typing furiously that kind of reminded me of a cross between Disclosure and You Got Mail. Anyway, Rowena and her friend Miles (who sure seems to have a lot of time on his hands) go after Harrison in all the ways they can think of.
Not a bad movie, but it’s missing the elements that could have made it a good movie. The acting is average, but the script offered the performers little to work with. It is crammed full of wooden cliché dialogue and the characters have little about them to make us care. On top of that the story lacks a sharp focus. Suitable fare for hardcore mystery fans and those who just want to look at Halle Berry for a couple of hours.
