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Twisted

  • 20042004
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  • 1h 37m
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5.3/10
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Samuel L. Jackson, Ashley Judd, and Andy Garcia in Twisted (2004)
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Jessica, whose father killed her mother and committed suicide, is a police officer. While investigating a murder, she finds herself in the center of her own investigation, when her former lo... Read allJessica, whose father killed her mother and committed suicide, is a police officer. While investigating a murder, she finds herself in the center of her own investigation, when her former lovers start being murdered.Jessica, whose father killed her mother and committed suicide, is a police officer. While investigating a murder, she finds herself in the center of her own investigation, when her former lovers start being murdered.
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    • Philip Kaufman
    • Sarah Thorp
  • Stars
    • Ashley Judd
    • Samuel L. Jackson
    • Andy Garcia
    • Philip Kaufman
    • Sarah Thorp
  • Stars
    • Ashley Judd
    • Samuel L. Jackson
    • Andy Garcia
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    • 196User reviews
    • 81Critic reviews
    • 26Metascore
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    Ashley Judd and Andy Garcia in Twisted (2004)
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    Ashley Judd
    Ashley Judd
    • Jessica Shepard
    Samuel L. Jackson
    Samuel L. Jackson
    • John Mills
    Andy Garcia
    Andy Garcia
    • Mike Delmarco
    David Strathairn
    David Strathairn
    • Dr. Melvin Frank
    Russell Wong
    Russell Wong
    • Lieutenant Tong
    Camryn Manheim
    Camryn Manheim
    • Lisa
    Mark Pellegrino
    Mark Pellegrino
    • Jimmy Schmidt
    Titus Welliver
    Titus Welliver
    • Dale Becker
    D.W. Moffett
    D.W. Moffett
    • Ray Porter
    Richard T. Jones
    Richard T. Jones
    • Wilson Jefferson
    Leland Orser
    Leland Orser
    • Edmund Cutler
    James Oliver Bullock
    • John Flanagan
    William Hall
    • Chip Marshall
    Joe Duer
    Joe Duer
    • Larry Geber
    Jim Hechim
    Jim Hechim
    • Bob Sherman
    • (as James Hechim)
    Drew Letchworth
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    • Jones
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      • Philip Kaufman
      • Sarah Thorp
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    • Trivia
      Jessica Shepard's promotion from Officer to Inspector isn't as big a jump as it sounds. The S.F.P.D., unlike nearly all other municipal police departments, does not have a traditional Detective rank. The Inspector rank is simply the next rank above Officer, and an Inspector's responsibilities are exactly like those of a Detective in most other police departments.
    • Goofs
      In the early bar scene with Jessica and John talking at the pool table, Jessica rolls the 8-ball into the corner pocket. Seconds later it appears in its original spot.
    • Quotes

      Wilson Jefferson: [Over the radio] We heard everything, commissioner.

      Jessica Shepard: [smugly] You remember my old patrol partner Wilson don't you?

    • Connections
      Featured in Creating a Twisted Web of Intrigue (2004)
    • Soundtracks
      Get Up (I Feel Like Being Like a) Sex Machine
      by James Brown, Bobby Byrd & Ron Lenhoff (as Ronald Lenhoff)

      Performed by James Brown

      Courtesy of Universal Records

      Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

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    A high-caliber cast slumming in "made for TV" material.
    * ½ out of ****

    I've mentioned it before and I'll say it again; I'm a sucker for mystery thrillers, especially when they involve methodical serial killers. So despite the fact that Twisted was clearly one of the worst reviewed films of the year, I still rented it based on both my preference for the genre and for the film's cast, as I am huge fans of Samuel L. Jackson and Ashley Judd. Andy Garcia, Russell Wong, and Leland Orser are in the film, too, and that's definitely not a shabby supporting cast.

    The film stars Judd as San Francisco patrol officer Tess Shepard. After busting a murderer, she's promoted to inspector by the commissioner (Samuel L. Jackson), who also happens to be her legal guardian thanks to a rather sordid past. Tess' new partner is Del Marco (Andy Garcia), and they're quickly assigned to their first case when a corpse is discovered by the shore. The crime is murder but there's a catch; Tess recognizes the dead man, a mere stranger she picked up at a bar a month ago. Another murder occurs, and it's yet another man Tess slept with. And considering she keeps blacking out the night each of the men is killed, she begins to suspect if she's the very own killer they're looking for.

    For all that's very wrong with this film, Twisted isn't nearly as bad as I though it'd be. Don't take that as high praise, because the movie's still bad, just not horrible enough that I'd put it on any personal bottom 10 lists.

    Because I saw this film just a day after Taking Lives, there was the occasional bit of déjà vu. Remember how I mentioned that film introduced us to the heroine by showing how clever and resourceful she was? Pretty much the same case here, except we also see that Judd's Tess Shepard can kick ass. Her cleverness is displayed through her ability to perfectly describe people and objects she's seen after a brief glance; a fine ability, no doubt, but not something that really impresses in terms of plot and characterization.

    The movie's various attempts at building a sense of mystery are suspense are quite pathetic. Examples? Judd keeps hearing a metallic clinking outside her apartment every night before the murders, and she keeps drinking alcohol on those same nights and consequently blacks out. This is a repeated process, so you'd think it take her more than the majority of the film's running time to figure out her drink might be tainted with a drug or that whoever's making that noise might somehow be associated with her blackouts.

    Figuring out the identity of the killer is almost too easy. Just follow Roger Ebert's little movie rule about how the culprit is almost always the person who has no other reason to be in the picture and you'll be able to narrow it down real fast.

    Twisted is blessed with a surprisingly high-profile cast, and while most everyone is nothing less than decent, it's a bit of a surprise actors of such high-caliber would choose a script that plays out more like 'TV movie of the week' material. I can maybe see the appeal to Ashley Judd in playing a tortured but tough heroine, but Samuel L. Jackson has arguably the film's most thankless role, and he's barely in the picture for more than fifteen minutes. Competent acting is always a great plus in the genre, but it also takes plot and suspense to actually make a thriller with thrills and this movie has absolutely zilch in that department.
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    • Release date
      • February 27, 2004 (United States)
      • United States
      • Germany
      • Paramount
      • UIP (Brazil)
      • English
      • Italian
      • Spanish
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    • Filming locations
      • Crissy Field, Presidio, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Paramount Pictures
      • Intertainment AG
      • Kopelson Entertainment
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