Mousy accountant, Ewan McGregor, meets dashing womanizer, Hugh Jackman, and cat chases mouse, mouse chases cat, and both cat and mouse chase the cheese, Michelle Williams. Unfortunately, the film's title, "Deception," is a major spoiler, and any sharp experienced movie goer will catch the clues early on. While slickly directed by Marcel Langenegger and well acted by an attractive cast, Mark Bomback's script covers well-trod territory, leaves threads dangling, and fails to explain at least one murder. Motives are evident almost immediately, and the same plot twists have been twisted so many times in so many other films, no surprises are left. McGregor's character is a blank with little to no history, evidently no friends or family, and little development; he is a pawn played by Jackman. Jackman's history is slowly revealed, although the means to that exposure are unconvincing. After the final scene, viewers are warned to focus their attention on the closing credit roll to avoid pondering the unresolved quandary exposed.Perhaps McGregor is too attractive to convince as a bespectacled numbers cruncher, who can count his sexual experiences on one hand, but Jackman easily portrays the handsome, slimy, and duplicitous con man, who seduces McGregor into a murky world of anonymous sexual trysts. Elegant Charlotte Rampling, physically stunning as the Wall Street Belle, makes an all too brief cameo as one of these trysts. Although the talented Williams is lovely and effective, she has little to do in a film focused on what Jackman refers to as "foreplay" between the two male leads.Undemanding viewers will find that "Deception" holds their attention, while buffs will chuckle at the transparent plot developments and try to remember where they saw them first. Langenegger's film is not bad, it is just too familiar. The production is first class, and the talented cast earnest, but unchallenged. Unfortunately, the script is tired, and some viewers may catnap throughout.

here is what i thought after i saw deception.first of all Hugh Jackman is also one of the producers of the film when i saw his name on credits i knew what was he drinking to make this film definitely no wine or soda its something else provoked him.i can make points about this all day long but here is what i am gonna do tell a quick review.2 people then comes in the start Evan McGregor & Michelle William's.Evans character goes & have sex with many women as his friend told him about.this goes bad one day when he is with girl named S he kisses her the she goes missing now the game of cat & mouse & betrayal begins.you know it when you watch it all same stuff thats done million times before .all about the money.from the beginning to the ending. this was so embarrassing for the actors & team in making this.they all did it for money specially Hugh Jackman who ridiculously tried to be a psycho villain but making a fool of himself i was laughing all the way.one thing here if he wanted to shoot Jonathan he could have used a sniper gun or anything .things don happens this way.if it was Nicolas cage in this one i would have loved it cause he is hilarious & did these type of films many times.i am not saying it was dull i am saying it was dumb more then dumb and dumber.i collect Hugh Jackman movies cause i am a fan this DVD is not worth it.save your moneymy rating is 1/10 .an awful experience & wast of time.watch sword fish 2001 its actually a good Hugh Jackman movie or may be mi2 2000 tom cruise.

***SPOILERS*** Overdone as well as confusing 1960's like robbery caper that has the nerdy Johathan McQuarry, Ewan McGreror, have himself transformed from a shy geeky audit adjuster to a man's man or man about town whom the ladies on Wall Street and financial world just get enough of. That's due to his friend on the job at a major NYC brokerage house Wyatt Bose, Hugh Jackman. It was when Bose switched his cell-phone with his while the two were having lunch in Central Park that things started popping for the introverted Jonathan. Women who are members of the sex club that Bose is a member of were calling Jonathan day and night and leaving their phone numbers as well as places, swanky mid-town hotels, where he can meet them for no holds barred anything goes anonymous sex.We and Jonathan soon find out that there's a reason to all this madness or good fortune on his part. Bose aka Jamie Getz a convicted embezzler and on the lamb murderer is setting him up for the killing in him embezzling his firm of 20 million smackers or dollars by transferring the money into an account in Madrid Spain's Banco National! What's so confusing about all this is that the account is in Jonathan not Bose's name? And to make doubly or even triple sure that Jonathan goes along with his scheme Bose frames him in the brutal murder of Wall Street stock annalist Semione Wilkerson, Natasha Henstridge, one of Jonathan's one night stands that all has all the evidence points to him being her murderer. Bose even goes so far as kidnapping Jonathan's girlfriend Miss. "S", Michelle Williams, whom he met in the NYC Subway waiting for the number 6 train. It's Miss."S" who also turned out to be a member of Bose's secret sex club who threatens to murder her if Jonathan doesn't go along with his plans!***SPOILERS*** Jonathan knowing that his as well Miss. "S" goose is cooked if his doesn't come through,embezzling 20 million dollars from his financial firm, goes along with what Bose tells him to do until he notices a cell-phone photo of a tied up Miss "S" Bose sent him and that ends up turning the tables on him. What that manipulating and conniving jerk Wyatt Bose didn't realize that there was something in Jonathan's apartment, where the photo was taken, that would tip him off that he was being set up! And as things turned out it was the building superintend Nobert Lewman, Frank Girardeau, who ended up taking the hit or shot meant for him!Still the beautiful scenery in both New York City and Madid Spain coupled with the sexy and high class women in the movie made up for all the mistakes and inconsistencies in it. Especially the unbelievably ridicules ending that has to rank among the worst and most convoluted in all of motion picture history!

The set-up is a nice idea, with an interesting sex ring and anonymous calls. McGregor is our guide through this new and attractive land. As the film progresses it soon goes into predictable thriller territory. With a name like Deception, it just leaves you waiting for all this nonsense to kick off. The latter half of the film is just concerned with trying to trick its audience, but anyone well versed in film will notice the familiar scenes. Jackman can do bad and McGregor can do naive, but the "shocks" the film later adds fly in the face of all common sense. There's a moment where you hope it isn't going to go all thrillery and when it does it does it competently enough to keep your attention.