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If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

Jonathan McQuarry is an accountant whose job is to go into large firms and audit their accounts. It isn't the sort of job that helps one make friends; half the people at the companies he audits are worried he'll spot a mistake they made the others don't see the point of befriending somebody who'll soon be gone. For this reason Jonathan is happy when lawyer Wyatt Bose introduces himself; they smoke a joint together, play a bit of tennis then Wyatt has to go away for a little while. Soon after it becomes apparent that after their last meeting they each picked up the other's phone. It turns out that Wyatt is part of a club known as 'The List'; members of which can call a fellow member for anonymous sex… Wyatt is happy for Jonathan to use it while he is away. He enjoys himself till one day the person who calls him is a beautiful woman he spoke to briefly on the subway a month previously. They have a second date but it goes wrong; she disappears and he is knocked out… it isn't long before he learns that Wyatt isn't the friend he though; he is told that if he is to see the girl alive again he must transfer millions of dollars out of the accounts of the next firm he audits.This is a solid little neo-noir thriller that takes its time introducing the characters before revealing what the story is really about. Watching with absolutely no prior knowledge the first half gives no real hints about what is going to happen… although the title should make one realise that at least one character isn't quite what they seem. Once bad things do start to happen the main twists aren't too surprising but are still effective. Ewan McGregor is solid as Jonathon, an everyman sort of character caught up in what seems like a dream but what turns into a nightmare; Hugh Jackman impresses as the charismatic 'Wyatt' and Michelle Williams is good as the woman known only as 'S' who Jonathon understandably falls for. Overall I rather enjoyed this; it isn't a must see but is worth watching if it is on TV or if you see the DVD in a charity shop.

This was okay, I was expecting it to better though with Ewan McGregor, Hugh Jackman and Michelle Williams attached but it just fell kinda flat especially as an "erotic thriller". I will say it didn't ever go where I thought it going to, the mystery aspect was unique in that respect.Ewan McGregor plays a nerdy shy accountant here who is introduced to a secretive sex club known as "The List" when he mistakenly swaps phones with his smooth talking lawyer friend Hugh Jackman. "Are you free tonight?" is how it all starts, Jonathan soon falls for one of the members and then becomes the prime suspect in her disappearance as well as a multi-million dollar heist.Jackman and McGregor had pretty good chemistry together, I like both these actors so they were an easy sell and it was interesting how they managed to look so alike later on. Michelle Williams is super talented but she's wasted here in a dull, fluffy role that left zero impression.One big issue I had was with the two cases containing 10 million dollars that are just left in the park. Really! that's insane besides the fact that "he" needs the money no one would just leave 10 million dollars and walk away. 2/15/16

Deception is a hard one to figure out. Ewan McGregor's socially awkward accountant Jonathan meets Hugh Jackman's Wyatt, a confident co-worker. He introduces Jonathan into a sex ring known only as The List. McGregor becomes animalistic, thinking with his libido, until he meets a beautiful woman (Williams). Jackman abuses McGregor's new emotions by abducting Williams. McGregor acts irrationally, driven by love for someone he's just met. Love at first sight, or acts of stupidity? He's not the most likable of characters. Deception pans out with little feelings for its lead men and their final destinations. At least parts of Europe look nice in the film's dark ambiance. What a shame the story is just as dull as its lighting situation.

Jonathan McQuarry (Ewan McGregor) is a shy and lonely auditor moving from one office to the next. Late one night, he is befriended by charismatic Wyatt Bose (Hugh Jackman). They get their phones switched and Jonathan gets a call from a mysterious woman (Natasha Henstridge). He spends the night together with her. Next he meets an older woman (Charlotte Rampling) who explains the sex club rules. The next woman (Michelle Williams) is someone he has seen before and he's in love with her, believing her name starts with S. The next time they meet in a hotel. He's knocked out and S disappears. The blood stain is gone and he calls the police. Detective J. Russo (Lisa Gay Hamilton) has nothing to go on. He discovers that Wyatt is a fiction and he's blackmailed into stealing money from dirty accounts in the company. He gets a call from Tina (Maggie Q). She knows Wyatt as Jamie Getz who possibly killed investment banker Rudolph Holloway.There is one moment when this movie goes from intriguing to improbable. McQuarry picks up the phone and Russo's card. I kept thinking that he should call the cops and I was actually impressed that the movie would do exactly that. Instead of calling Russo, he impersonates Russo to get information from the cops. It's mind-boggling. Wyatt's threats boil down to hurting S but for all McQuarry knows, she's part of his scheme. So he does something illegal and easily trackable to save a woman he barely knows. Michelle Williams is gorgeous but I can't buy that she's that intoxicating. Nobody is Helen of Troy and nobody is that dumb. The plan is completely unlikely to work but the movie forces it to work. The final twist tries to salvage the movie by doubling down but it doesn't work. It's nice to see these actors but this is all about the plot points.