
The new thriller, Perfect Stranger, starring Halle Berry and Bruce Willis, looks pretty good. But with a tagline like “How far would you go to keep a secret?”.. how could it not be pure gold?!
The movie is about a journalist named Rowena (Berry) who goes undercover to ferret out a lucrative businessman, Harrison Hill (Willis), as her best friend’s killer. She poses as one of his temps to get closer to him. It ends up being “a game of online cat-and-mouse.” (Source)
Here is a review of the movie, from a regular person who is a user on Internet Movie Data Base. I think it’s honest, but I haven’t seen the flick yet, either.
I watched Perfect Stranger at a preview at my local theater this past weekend, and next to the scantily clad Halle Berry, there was no reason to go watch this movie. There’s nothing wrong with movies with twists in them as long as they’re done with thought, taste, and creativity. The problem in this movie is that the writers have all the freedom in the world to guide the viewers mind and place where the twists lie. It is too easy for the writers to trick the audience, and to some audience members, the simple trick in itself is good enough to make the movie “great.” Well, this doesn’t cut it for me. I want a movie that connects, makes me think, has me connect with a character, or even teach me something for that matter. Perfect Stranger lacked meaning, taste, and creativity and is just another one of those “movies with a twist.” FYI: The movie was a long advertisement with way too much product placement. Even if the movie does bomb, the movie industry would have made up for the loss in the amount of advertising they put in the movie.
Well anyway, if you see the film let me know what you think of it. Like I said above, I haven’t seen it but what I do know is that Halle Berry looks about a gillion times better with long hair. It’s like she’s a whole new lady. And I’m feeling the peacock looking dress. She knows how to keep it funky.





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