I Don't Care What People Say! Twisted was an excellent film. Yeah it's missing alot, the biggest thing would be action. It has very little action if any, it's more of a guessing game the entire time. However, the story, the acting, and the director seemed to deliver us thriller fans, exactly what we wanted. Ashley Judd(Kiss the Girls,Double Jeopardy) yet again gives one excellent thriller. It's not as slashy as her other films could be, but it definitely keeps you in mystery. Samual L Jackson(S.W.A.T.,Shaft) plays another great detective, who was a huge addition to this movie more than I thought he'd be. Andy Garcia(The Untouchables,Desperate measures) also plays another great detective, who still has his great suspenseful acting. What can go wrong with these actors? seriously. We usaully blame directors for what goes wrong in movies. This time I know the director was right, and the fans just were picky when this came out. The plot of a detective(Judd), finding dead bodies of guys she all had one night stands with. It's all perfectly filmed, especially the amazing twist in the end that even I didn't see coming. If you haven't seen this, I recommend that you should. This was a great thriller for the year 2004. Better than "Taking Lives"(Angelina Jolie), better than "Saw"(Cary Elwes)... thrillers also released in 2004. Thank you.
Why This Book Does Not Make a Good Movie. First of all, read the original novel Hoochie Mama, by Preston L. Allen, if you want to see how this story should have looked on film.
I watched this movie because I like thrillers, but it has problems. There are a few elements that do not fit, like the psycho with the knife who begins the movie. What's he in it for? What is his place in all of this? I like Andy Garcia, but his character displays emotions that seem . . . overdone. I am never sure what all of the emotion is about with him. Finally, Samuel L. Jackson does not fool us as the ultimate bad guy revealed at the end. We read him right away. This movie reminds me of a pretty good novel, Hoochie Mama, written by author Preston L. Allen. The exact same elements show up in the movie and the book--in fact, you might think the movie is based on the book they are so similar. In the book, the inspector (Samuel L. Jackson) is white and he is called "the captain." The Andy Garcia hispanic sidekick character is named Sosa. The female cop hero, in the book, is named M Gantry, and she is black--she knows karate, wears black, and has her hair cut short just like the Ashley Judd character in the movie. The thing about the book that works so well is that the psycho with the knife makes sense in the book. All of the psychos in the book make sense, but not in the movie. I think maybe they were trying to do a screenplay of Allen's book, but they changed so many things that it did not make sense on film.A decent enough thriller! I don't know why people are complaining so much about this movie. Yes, it was predictable, but it was well-acted and directed and offered 95 minutes of escapist entertainment. No, it's not a masterpiece, but the previews don't indicate that. What they indicate is a no-brain suspense thriller that is as unbelievable as it is predictable, and that's what we get here. This isn't the greatest suspense thriller ever made, but it's darn entertaining.
