Best-selling author Wes Wilson?s self-help book about honesty has saved millions of relationships. But when his fiancé is abducted and declared dead, Wes suddenly finds himself hunted by hired killers, beautiful spies... more », and a ruthless criminal mastermind with a taste for both style and violence. What does Wes have than an international smuggling ring wants? Why did his late bride-to-be keep a secret room full of weapons? And who can he trust when nobody is what he or she seems to be?« less
Fran L. (Last1over) from CHATTANOOGA, TN Reviewed on 1/12/2015...
I have to agree with the rest of the reviewers on here. Good actors for headliners but BAD movie. Definitely a "B" movie rating here folks.
Movie Reviews
Awful!
Chefsprive | NY, USA | 10/09/2009
(1 out of 5 stars)
"I am being quite generous giving this awful movie a one star rating! This movie is unbelievably bad! I cannot believe that Slater and Gooding Jr. did not read the script and laugh out loud at the ridiculous plot and cheezy one-liners! The entire film, the acting, the music, the sound effects, the script, had the effect of an adult movie, and lets be clear, the aformentioned categories are not what people watch adult movies for! My wife and I watched the entire movie, and I really now scratch my head and wonder why! I watch a lot of movies, and I can honestly say, I cannot remember when I last saw a movie that was this bad. Even if this was made for TV, there are many, many good made-for-TV movies. This one clearly doesn't make the cut. The acting is atroscious, and the worst offenders are Slater and Gooding Jr.!! It is hard to believe that these two have actually been in good movies! The sound effects, gun shots for example, are laughable!
I cannot believe this movie is $19.99!! Do not waste your money, or your time."
The worst movie I have ever seen
John D. Poitras | Mountain VIew, CA United States | 10/08/2009
(1 out of 5 stars)
"Shame on Slater and Gooding for appearing in such a dog of a movie..
Its almost unwatchable the acting is so terrible..
This is the very bottom of the heap for movies I have seen..
Don't waste your time on money on this travesty of a movie."
Terrible
EugeSchu | WI USA | 10/14/2009
(1 out of 5 stars)
"This movie is just awful in every way. Don't be fooled by the two name actors. It's an embarassment of script, direction, acting, soundtrack, editing, and just about anything else you can imagine."
How the mighty have fallen.
William Higgins | Juneau, AK, USA | 02/07/2010
(1 out of 5 stars)
"I was in the video store and saw a cool looking action suspense film in the new release section called "Lies and Illusions" starring Christian Slater and Cuba Gooding Jr. OK, OK, I realized it was some straight to video B flick because I'd never heard of it, but I figured, "hey, good cast! How bad can it be?" Boy, how the mighty have fallen. The first third feels like a watchable low budget indie flick and isn't too bad. Then they must have run out of money. At this point the shot-on-location story inexplicably moves from Seattle to Spokane of all places and the actors stop even trying. My wife and I were in tears laughing by this time. The unchoriographed fight scenes between out-of-shape actors with no martial arts training looked like middle aged Power Rangers on Methadone. As it gets progressively worse toward the end, better quality diologue could be found in a porn movie. Then to top it off, there's a plane crash at the end that looks straight out of an Ed Wood movie. If you see this on the shelf, be a good samaritan and remove all copies and hide them so nobody else gets subjected to this."
Hahaha! So relieved I'm not the only one who didn't think h
G. Nadine | Livonia, MI | 02/14/2010
(1 out of 5 stars)
"My boyfriend and I rented this last night, never having heard of it before but so curious to see Gooding and Slater in action together. All I can say is - "SIGH" and "WHAT WERE THEY THINKING"...........
Bad movie overall with dubious plot and poor acting (and you have to realize, I've always been a big fan of Gooding and Slater). And that bit with the "recipes for troubled couples" was just so ridiculous and unnecessary. Was it all meant to be funny? Seriously, did I miss the joke and timing of the movie altogether?
Sadly, a good couple of hours of my life I'll never get back again."