Deception 

First off, let me tell you Deception is a perfect title.  Congratulations to director Marcel Langenegger for intricately weaving such a complex and nearly perfect web. Ladies and Gentlemen, nothing is what it seems, for there is a significant amount of deceiving. When you sit down to see this movie double check your seat belt, because you do not want to fall off. Girl, seriously, if you’re not paying attention you will have no clue who is doing what, or where they belong. Watch closely and sit back and be prepared to be amazed.

The character development in Deception was truly intense.  The script is extremely well written and worked to fruition. There is truly no room for error in this film, and in many ways reminds me of the betrayal of 2005's Derailed, mixed with the shock value of 1998's Wild Things. 

This movie is off to a slow start as we follow the life of tax auditor Jonathan McQuarry (Ewan McGregor) who is basically a nerd.  He is extremely shy and painfully awkward, and lacks any ounce of aggression. Not to mention, he is solely focused on work that does not give him much time or energy for fun or even a social life. When he meets Wyatt Bose (Hugh Jackman) his entire life is flipped upside down, literally.  Wyatt presents himself as a well cultured, well educated man of the world. He introduces Jonathan to a taste of what it would be like to have money, power, and self confidence. He then realizes what he has been missing all along, thus being born again. Well that and he is given the secret key to the "Sex Game". A game that is the straight man's answer to "anonymous sex" with many different women.   Heterosexual men need no longer be jealous of the crazy sex gay men so frequently have at bath houses, bookstores or parks! I don't want to give anything away and I don't want to mislead you or give you any clues of who is the good guy or bad, so I will just say that the deeper he gets into the "Sex Game" the more he loses the grip on his real life and all that he holds dear.

The only thing that annoyed me about this film is that the first hour played by dramatically slow. The slow portion was an important and was used to validate the lives of the characters once the shit hits the fan. I also found parts of the ending a bit bothersome.

All this being said I do recommend this film for you will not know what's coming up next. I was both surprised and impressed with the level of master manipulation that takes place in Deception.   As an audience member you may think you have it figured out, only to find out that you are proven wrong.