Title: worst kept secret
Product review: I'll willingly watch pretty much anything with Johnny Depp in it. He's in fine form in this one, portraying a floundering, misdirected writer who is confronted by a mysterious and violent stranger, "Shooter," [Torturro] accusing him of plagiarism. But even Depp's facial tics, quirky mannerisms, and off-beat portrayal can't save this movie, because I figured out the plot in about 15 minutes and spent the remaining 81 minutes waiting for the inevitable conclusion. This film ventures into the realms of Angel Heart and Mulholland Dr., but can't really win either way, and the cinematic clichés about the hermetic, weirdo writer who can't separate fiction from reality are way too familiar and way too stale. We've seen all of this before, and we've seen it done better.
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