Wasted Potential

Rating: 6/10 (25 August 2007)

This shouldn't be a spoiler, but I'll be very careful anyway. Go ahead and read.
You don't get the basic premise of the story until the very end. And when you do, it's actually pretty cool. Hitchcock, or some other director who is above resorting to unnecessary schlock, could have made a fascinating mystery thriller out of this. But Mr. Schumacher goes for hokey sensationalism when he doesn't really need to.
Here is the disappointment: The number 23 has nothing to do with this story and is introduced for purely dramatic effect.
Too bad. This movie could have been so much better. Why do good directors bottom-feed? Is it just to cater to the "target audience"?
By the way, 2 divided by 3 equals .666666..., which rounds off to .667.