Twisted (2004)

Fantastic!

This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Spoiler Alert : A detective who does not reveal she slept with both victims would be fired or at least severely reprimanded. I think I might be blacking out and killing people when I drink, but that's not reason enough to stop drinking. And although this happens in so many shows, no cop let's the murderer pull their gun out without pulling their trigger (even in the arm).

This film did sport an A list cast including Ashley Judd (Double Jeopardy), Andy Garcia, and Samual L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction). Judd plays inspector Shepherd, who has just recently been promoted to homicide, and Jackson plays the man that raised her, because her parents were killed when she was young. Andy Garcia is her new partner. I was not a big fan of Andy Garcia in this film, I thought he over acted in many scenes, and it looked fake and cheep, also Judd and Garcia didn't have any on screen chemistry at all. I thought Ashley did a good job on screen, I just think Garcia's character would've better played by another actor. Jackson did a great job with his role, I think he was perfectly cast. The dialogue was okay, not great, and the action scenes were constructed pretty well. I liked how Judd's character kept flashing back to the night she has sex with the victims, and wondering if she might be responsible. There were some parts in the middle I felt sorta dragged on a bit. I think the twist ending was pretty clever, it wasn't like completely life altering, but it sufficed. I liked how this film showed some sex between Judd and the victims, but not too much, the sex wasn't too graphic, and only had a single shot of nudity from the back of a male. Also, the violence and gore wasn't graphic either. 4/10 overall.

(Credit, IMDb) Jessica, whose father was a serial killer, is a female police officer. While investigating a murder, she finds herself in the center of her own investigation, when her former lovers start dying around her at a furious paceI saw this on DVD over a year ago. I don't remember too much about it, so my memory is probably a little sketchy. I do remember that I was pleasantly surprised by how watchable it was. There were some decent twists and turns, as well as above average character development. I think the problem with serial killer flicks is that many things have been done before, and it's hard to be original. It is derivative, but fairly enjoyable. I thought Ashley Judd was as solid as ever. Samuel L. Jackson is always great. Andy Garcia was good as well. Is it original? hell no. Is it bad? I didn't think so. I'll give it a recommendation for a rainy day watch6/10

I know this movie has many bad reviews. However,I found it suspenseful and it kept me in my chair. Yes, it was obvious in many ways, and one or two scenes were contrary to anybody's logic, but what movie doesn't have a few of those. So I kept watching as it had many twists and turns to keep me interested. No pun intended. I kept guessing who the bad guy was or wasn't, and I was surprised more than once. I already like Ashley Judd, Andy Garcia and Samuel Jackson, so maybe I'm just a tiny bit biased. But I'm honest in my scoring, and I watch more than my share of movies.Although, I just watched it for the first time in March 2013, it's a 2004 release. I don't know how I missed this one when it was released.I enjoyed it very much. Overall, "That's Entertainment".