Rehash

Rating: 5/10 (12 January 2006)

The lead male is a really good actor; Johansen is a competent professional, but not a great actor. The story is a rehash of A Place In the Sun (Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters). I liked the idea of luck, and the ring/tennis ball thing was clever. They skimped on locations and variety of scenes, everything happening inside the same apartments. It took a long time for this movie to get going. I also question the ability of the lead actor to carry out the gruesome actions he did. There was a disconnect between what it would take to do it, and the rest of his feelings shown in the other scenes of the movie. Too many extreme close-ups. Liked the old opera recordings.