Twisted
(2004)
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Police Detective Jessica Shephard becomes embroiled in a darkly personal hunt for a serial killer in this psychological thriller. |
Ashley Judd chalks up another addition to her tortured female canon in this monotonous thriller from Quills director Philip Kaufman. Joined by Andy Garcia as her cop partner, she plays a newly promoted police inspector hunting for a serial killer who's murdering her casual lovers. While colleagues quickly point the finger at Judd, much to the consternation of her mentor and commissioner, Samuel L Jackson, Kaufman is more indiscriminate with his accusations. Throwaway dialogue, constant close-ups and stalker-style tracking shots set up almost every character as a suspect without any concrete reason. There are so many red herrings and so little real action that it all becomes tiresome, especially when Judd's contribution is a repeated cycle of drinking, passing out and waking up to discover another corpse has turned up. Though hers is a role normally filled by a man, like the rest of the core cast she's suffocated by the overall weakness of the plot and script. With no suspense or credibility, there's nothing to save this wasteful mess.