What a waste of time

Rating: 2/10 (24 June 2007)

I had great hopes for this movie: I like John Cusack a lot, and had enjoyed 'Identity' a lot. I saw the trailer for it about a month ago, and so I went to see it on its opening day.
There were a few good jumps, but mostly in the beginning. As the story unwound itself I found myself thinking more and more: they really thought they were making a good movie here. The closer it got to the end the more I hated the movie.
I found it formulaic, predictable and pretentious. The moments that should have been subtle foreshadowing were ham-fisted telegraphing.
What I find astonishing is how many people are saying this is a good movie. Have we become so used to bad movies that we can't tell the good from the bad any more?