Lies & Illusions (2009)

Disturbing yet enthralling

Brilliant and touching

n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

Spoiler? For something to be spoiled it must at one time be good, so there is no way to spoil this movie. For the love of all that is holy DO NOT WATCH THIS MOVIE!!! I do not write reviews-in fact, this is the first review I have ever written. I do so in hopes of making a contribution to humanity by imploring anyone to AVOID WATCHING THIS MOVIE AT ALL COST! You will notice I did not use my real name for my profile and that is because I am extremely embarrassed to have watched this movie and will never publicly admit that it I did. Have you ever watched a movie that was really bad and you were 15 minutes from the end and thought, "well, I've made it this far and might as well finish it?" Don't do it. It is not only acceptable but preferable to turn this movie off at any point, hopefully during the previews if you know what it good for you. I saw that someone else reviewed this movie and gave it 3 stars. They have utterly ruined their entire reputation. Their judgment will be forever questioned and they will most likely be admonished by their friends and families. That is too bad.

Now I know what you guys want. You want reviews that bash the living turd out of this movie. But I'm afraid I can't do that for you. You think you know what you're going to get with this movie. Judging by Slater's face in the cover art you immediately think "Oh god, another piece of crap." But oh no. This movie blew me away, the sheer raw emotion portrayed by Slater is moving. You really get a feel for how stunned and in awe when he was re united with his wife after 2 years. "You were 'sposed to be dead" 10/10. I gave this a 9 cause I want the honour of my 10 to only go to a class film like Legion. S - Stupendous. L - Lingering in my mind. A - All out action. T - Tantalisingly great. E - Electrifying R - Raw emotion.

This was one of the worst films I have ever seen.....Slater should be ashamed of himself.....terrible acting.....Cuba did the only class acting. The rest of the actors were questionable at best. Even the plot was poor. The continual moaning and groaning from Slater whilst being assaulted was very annoying. I have seen Slater in other movies, though not on my favourite list of actors, he had done a much better job. I was just looking at his list of movies he has acted in and I was surprised to see that he was in a number of up and coming movies. All I can say is, I hope he does a better job in those than he did with this movie.

Its hard to say where to begin...well, how about the beginning. It was obvious from the start of the movie that this was low budget and going to look like some kind of college assignment gone wrong. And it was! If I was Christian Slater or Cuba Gooding Jr. I would have distanced myself from this movie as soon as I read the script. They must have been forced to do the movie due to gambling debts or blackmail.Acting was terrible and forced, camera shots were sloppy and cheap, editing was crappy, and even the special effects looked like my 7 year old son had done them. I don't know what was harder to watch, the gun fights or Christian slaters chase scene in the car with both women towards the end. And Cuba was not much better as well.Overall, that is two hours of my life that I will never get back. Glad I only spent $1 to rent. Of course the fact that it went straight to video should have been a hint!