Lies & Illusions

Lies & Illusions

Category: (DVD)

29 new, starting at $6.20

63 used, starting at $0.01

Buy Now

Editorial Reviews

Best-selling author Wes Wilson’s self-help book about honesty has saved millions of relationships. But when his fiancé is abducted and declared dead, Wes suddenly finds himself hunted by hired killers, beautiful spies, and a ruthless criminal mastermind with a taste for both style and violence. What does Wes have than an international smuggling ring wants? Why did his late bride-to-be keep a secret room full of weapons? And who can he trust when nobody is what he or she seems to be?

Stills from Lies & Illusions (Click for larger image)




Customer Reviews

Lies & Illusions

Reviewed by Arnita D. Brown, 2010-03-06

A self help author is hunted by thugs who believe the writer holds millions of dollars in diamonds stolen by his dead fiancée. This movie was terrible, but not a complete waste of time. I a had good laugh while watching it. Despite the decent actors (Cuba Gooding Jr and Christian Slater), it was awful. The script and screenplay are so incredibly poor that it looks like a little child spent the time in writing this movie. Avoid this movie if you can, spend your free time in something more intriguing.

Return this movie to the video store immediately!

Reviewed by Emmanuel, 2010-03-05

I tried my best to watch this movie to it's bitter end, but had to give up. Christian Slater and Cuba Gooding Jr. would have done adequate jobs if they were directed properly. An interesting plot with talented (at least one) actors undone by bad acting, a poor screenplay and production. If you must see this movie for educational purposes -- rent, don't buy. You have been warned.

Illusion: That This Is Worth Watching

Reviewed by Mark Eremite, 2010-02-17

On paper, this movie has an interesting premise. An award-winning author of a relationship book (Slater) has his fiance abducted on the night of his book's big promotional party, and after a year passes with no trace of his beloved it becomes clear that she was hiding a lot of important secrets, not the least of which being a small alcove in their garage which is filled with weapons and high-tech gadgetry. Suddenly Slater's writer finds himself hunted down by gangsters and diamond thieves, led by an unflappable and horribly overacted Cuba Gooding.

Others have said it before, and I'll add to their claims: not even in a schmaltzy ironic way is this movie worth watching. Everything about it is disasterous. Slater's amazing author has one of the worst written acceptance speeches I've ever heard. The vicious gangsters make incomprehensible decisions. The gun fights are so poorly framed, directed, and edited they seem like jokes. The fight scenes are filmed chaotically, so that the actors and actresses don't have to do any fancy footwork, but this means they also make little to no sense. In one fight scene, inexplicably, the combatants decide to jump up on tables and engage each other from off the floor.

The acting, the plotting, and the special effects aren't even amateurish, because that makes it sound like someone, somewhere was actually trying when they made this film. Not so. Every single person involved in this mess of a movie seems to have done a half-assed job, and the only resulting illusion is the very idea that this thing is even remotely watchable.

Hahaha! So relieved I'm not the only one who didn't think highly of it....

Reviewed by G. Nadine, 2010-02-14

My boyfriend and I rented this last night, never having heard of it before but so curious to see Gooding and Slater in action together. All I can say is - "SIGH" and "WHAT WERE THEY THINKING"...........

Bad movie overall with dubious plot and poor acting (and you have to realize, I've always been a big fan of Gooding and Slater). And that bit with the "recipes for troubled couples" was just so ridiculous and unnecessary. Was it all meant to be funny? Seriously, did I miss the joke and timing of the movie altogether?

Sadly, a good couple of hours of my life I'll never get back again.

B Movie too good of a rating

Reviewed by L. Schmucker, 2010-02-13

There was nothing redeemable about this movie. Just plain bad - don't waste your time!