Twisted (Special Collector's Edition)
by Philip Kaufman
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Actor: Andy Garcia, Ashley Judd, David Strathairn, Russell Wong, Samuel L. JacksonDirector: Philip Kaufman
Brand: PARAMOUNT HOME VIDEO
Producer: Anne Kopelson
Producer: Arnold Kopelson
Producer: Barry Baeres
Producer: Cherylanne Martin
Producer: Linne Radmin
Producer: Michael Flynn
Writer: Sarah Thorp
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 97 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-08-31
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Paramount
DVD Reviews of Twisted (Special Collector's Edition)
DVD Review: A workmanlike thriller with little visceral punch.
Summary: 3 Stars
Highly respected director Philip Kaufman set out in `Twisted' to make a film noir thriller from an original script starring thriller victim specialist Ashley Judd with support in characteristic roles from Samuel L. Jackson and Andy Garcia. By definition, the success of a thriller is it's ability to thrill, so much of one's evaluation should be based on your visceral reaction to the movie. And, this movie did not have my viscera sending me very many messages about gut-wrenching excitement from my TV screen.
Unlike two other thrillers I recently reviewed, `Out of Time' and `Taken Lives' where the mystery may not have been as well hidden as the writers hoped, there was still a lion's share of stomach wrenching excitement and anxiety being created by the plight of the lead characters in these two movies. Denzel Washington in `Out of Time' is conned into a very believable pickle and the anxiety you feel for his race to stay one step ahead of his cop colleagues is palpable. Angelina Jolie in `Taken Lives' is a highly skilled, yet highly fragile and vulnerable serial killer profiler who makes an almost fatal mistake in identifying the perp and the real perp almost does her in.
All three movies are about cops in bad situations, partly of their own making. The problem with `Twisted' is that not only is the surprise ending no big surprise, the plot's red herring which wants us to believe that the Ashley Judd character, a new San Francisco homicide inspector is killing off her lovers is simply not very believable. The problem, I believe is not with Judd or Director Kaufman, it seems to be in the very script of which Kaufman and associates were so enamoured. The device of having Judd's character black out so obviously after drinking some wine at home before each murder, after having spend time in a local bar drinking more than a few shots of Jack Daniels just does not give a plausible scenario for a person to sleepwalk their way through committing a violent murder of a young, strong grown man with an 0.15% alcohol level in their blood.
The bright side of the movie is that Judd pulls off her characterization of a very tough, very smart young detective with an inclination to violence against perps and meaningless one night stands with pickups at bars away from those patronized by her police colleagues. The lesser police characters are also done very well and the police psychologist played by David Straithairn is done well, even though the attempts at offering him up as a potential perp are weak and underplayed. The minor role of forensic scientist is a minor homage to the rash of CSI shows which includes a clever little reference to a reservation at `Chez Panisse', the most famous San Francisco restaurant. Unfortunately, she has a piece of business at the end of her last appearance that opens an important question that is never answered by the story.
Jackson and Garcia carry out their roles with their usual skill, but I think they cannot transcend the implausibility of the plot. One is being set up as the real perp, the other is the real perp, but neither case is laid out with conviction by the story. The surprise doesn't surprise because it is not plausible.
I am really having a hard time deciding if the movie works as film noir. San Francisco fogs and waterfront scenes are as good or better than New York canyons, but fog and darkness does not make noir. `Chinatown' was filmed in bright LA sunlight and is as great a film noir classic as they come. There almost seemed to be more in common with `Dirty Harry' going on here than echos of Philip Marlowe or Sam Spade.
To end on a positive note, the DVD contains a full length commentary on the movie by director Kaufman, which is always my favorite special feature, as it literally doubles the entertainment value of the product. Other special features are pretty standard stuff.
With commentary, this is good for an entertaining evening. Not as much thrill or suspense as other recent flicks.
Description of Twisted (Special Collector's Edition)
JESSICA SHEPPARD IS A SAN FRANCISCO POLICE INSPECTOR LOOKINGFOR A SERIAL KILLER WHOSE VICTIMS ALL HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON: HER. THE INVESTIGATION BECOMES TWISTED AS HER PARTNER BEHAVES STRANGELY & THE COMMISSIONER IS ASKED TO REMOVE HER FROM THEINVESTIGATION. EVEN JESSICA BEGINS TO SUSPECT HERSELF.Bestsellers in DVD
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