Duplicity
Duplicity follows to ex-spies Ray (Clive Owen) and Claire (Julia Roberts), they have quit the spy business to go private. They are working together to try and steal a new development one company has developed so they can sell it for millions. The problem is neither fully trust each other and they are double crossing everyone they meet.
Although the background to product they are trying to steal isn’t that interesting, it is not about that. A cleverly shot trailer and an interesting idea bought me into the cinema. However, I was not kept interested throughout the film, I felt 30 minutes could have be taken out the run time and it would have improved the momentum of the film. The main problem though was the overlay complex plot.
I love a good plot twist, One that you follow the whole story, think you know where it’s going and then at the end they take you somewhere completely different. If I’ve not worked it out then it’s amazing. Shawshank Redemption, Gone baby Gone, Sixth Sense have great plot twist but when they are revealed they make perfect sense. This film follows a recent trend that thinks confusing the viewer is the same as a plot twist. It’s not, it’s annoying! Seven pounds tried to do the same but did it even worse than this film. Too many flashback, jumping around in time, trying to trick the viewer. It’s just not clever, it’s lazy, get a better plot and you don’t need to do that! This film tries so hard to baffle that it leaves behind an array of plot holes and gaps in peoples motives that you are just left a little bemused.
Sorry the review turned in to a rant. There are enough good scenes to keep you a little interested but overall it just lacked something for me and left me feeling frustrated. I can’t say I was bored and I do feel that some people will really enjoy it, just not for me.
5
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