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Storyline

As a corporate auditor who works in a number of different offices, Jonathan McQuarry wanders without an anchor among New York's power brokers. A chance meeting with charismatic lawyer Wyatt Bose leads to Jonathan's introduction to The List, an underground sex club. Jonathan begins an affair with a woman known only as S, who introduces Jonathan to a world of treachery and murder.

Released

2008-04-24
Revenue

$18,024,545
Budget

$25,000,000
Runtime

1hr 47m
Genre

Thriller, Mystery
Status

Released
Language

English
6
Production

Dune Entertainment III, KanZaman Productions, MRC, Rifkin-Eberts Productions, Seed Productions, 20th Century Fox, Summit Entertainment

Crew

Marcel Langenegger

Director

Mark Bomback

Writer

Robbie Brenner

Producer

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Cast

Ewan McGregor

Jonathan McQuarry

Hugh Jackman

Wyatt Bose

Michelle Williams

S

Natasha Henstridge

Simone Wilkinson

Charlotte Rampling

Wall Street Belle

Bruce Altman

Lawyer #1

Andrew Ginsburg

Lawyer #2

Stephanie Roth Haberle

Assistant Controller

Dante Spinotti

Herr Kleiner / Mr. Moretti

Karolina Muller

Waitress

Deborah Yates

Tango Dancer

LisaGay Hamilton

Detective Russo

Frank Girardeau

Norbert Lewman

Melissa Rae Mahon

Velvet Rope Dancer #1

Rachel Montez Collins

Velvet Rope Dancer #2

Holly Cruikshank

Velvet Rope Dancer #3

Bill Camp

Clancey Controller

Zoe Perry

Secretary #1

Aya Cash

Secretary #2

Malcolm Goodwin

Cabbie

Maggie Q

Tina at the Rhigha Royal

Paz de la Huerta

List Member #1

Daisy Bates

List Member #2

Shannan Click

List Member #3

Jordan Tesfay

List Member #4

Rachael Taylor

List Member #5

David Deblinger

Slimy Billionaire

Paul Sparks

Detective Burke

Kenneth Lee

Waiter

James Mazzola

Locksmith

Agnete Oernsholt

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Lisa Kron

Receptionist

Margaret Colin

Ms. Pomerantz

Lynn Cohen

Woman

Frank Deal

Police Officer

Florencia Lozano

Clancey Receptionist

Emelie Jeffries

Medical Examiner (as Emilie Jeffries)

Christine Kan

Tennis Player #1

Peter Jay Fernandez

Businessman on Airplane

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Reviews for Deception

A Review by John Chard 5

Written by John Chard on 2017-10-23

Sunbeam and Bashful Boy. Deception is directed by Marcel Langenegger and written by Mark Bomback. It stars Ewen McGregor, Hugh Jackman an... read more

Sunbeam and Bashful Boy. Deception is directed by Marcel Langenegger and written by Mark Bomback. It stars Ewen McGregor, Hugh Jackman and Michelle Williams. Music is by Ramin Djawadi and cinematography by Dante Spinotti. Jonathan McQuarry (McGregor) is a timid New York accountant who whilst working late one night meets Wyatt Bose (Jackman). Bose is the complete opposite to McQuarry, he's highly sexed, confident and supremely cool. So when a mix up with the pair's mobile phones introduces McQuarry to an exclusive sex group, he's spun into a world completely alien to him. If you have watched a lot of film noir, both classic era and neo, Deception will come off as irritatingly stale. What we have here is very much a case of the title revealing far too much! You would hope that with the makers going for broke with such a title then they would have the nous to fill out the story with surprises, take us and the principal characters down some twisty streets, not so, sadly. Within ten minutes you catch on to what is happening, the writing so poor as to not cleverly challenge the narrative drive. It could maybe be argued that McQuarry's journey, and how the character evolves, is something of a veer from the noir norm? But it has no dramatic worth and renders the finale as dull (the alternate ending is even worse). It's not a total wash out as such, the cast are engaging in their roles, good actors straining to make a weak screenplay work, while cameos from Natasha Henstridge, Charlotte Rampling and Maggie Q impact to come off as better than novelty value. And then there's Spinotti's (Manhunter, L.A. Confidential, Heat) cinematography, the best character in the play. His nighttime city scapes are electric, his colour lenses beautiful (golds and blues are poetic), his work deserves a better film. But that's about it, leaving us with a shallow noir cover version that's in search of its own identity. For those not familiar with the noir form, then this is just about average enough for a look see. For noir fans, though, it's neither erotic or thrilling and as unadventurous as it gets. 5/10

A Review by JPV852 7

Written by JPV852 on 2023-09-11

Seen this one twice now (last time was probably when it was released on DVD) but decided to give it another shot as I don't recall being all... read more

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A Review by John Chard

A Review by John Chard 5

Written by John Chard on 2017-10-23

A Review by JPV852 7

Written by JPV852 on 2023-09-11

Seen this one twice now (last time was probably when it was released on DVD) but decided to give it another shot as I don't recall being all that enamored with it. This time, I did like it a bit more ...