Meeting Evil (2012)

Meeting Evil (2012)

3/10

Starring
Samuel L. Jackson
Leslie Bibb
Luke Wilson

Directed by Chris Fisher

Many a times we take chances to go see a movie just because we see the name of the cast or the name of the man behind the camera. Sometimes we’re happy we followed our guts, other times we feel bad because the name we trusted just messes up. In this movie, the names were just disappointing. What is the point of having seasoned actors like Samuel L. Jackson, Leslie Bibb and Luke Wilson in a movie, when the plot and story do not lead to anything worth the time.

Samuel acted like he usually does when playing bad guys, so nothing special there, and Luke acted like he needed the money and wasn’t even interested or concerned about what was going on, I, the viewer, was left wondering if I could just run into the director and I will ask for my money back.

Leslie Bibb actually acted better than both Samuel and Luke put together, that is one good thing about the movie.

The plot is just as lame as they come, Jackson’s character is a serial killer and Luke’s character was supposed to be a victim who turns apprentice (after being coerced into it), as the plot plays out, we get dragged down a boring road of killings and dull dialogue.

Well, what was I expecting from a movie directed by Chris Fisher?

This is the same guy behind S. Darko (a sequel to Donnie Darko), which is one of the worst sequels ever made.

The movie has nothing to offer you, if you were hoping the killings were going to give you some fun, sorry, there were some gore scenes in the movie, but they were few. So if that’s what you came for, go see SAW instead.

If you are hoping it will be the dialogue that will give you the needed joy, sorry even that was miss. The movie felt more like a rip-off of Collateral, where we have a killer and a stranger who turns to a somewhat helper, Collateral starred Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx, it did not feel authentic.

The movie is based on a 1992 novel of the same name by Thomas Berger, I have not read the book, but this movie has not even inspired me to try.

In conclusion, if you’ve never heard about this movie, I envy you. And if you haven’t seen it, I wish I were you. This is not a movie to see, it is hard to say what worked in this movie because barely anything did, I do not recommend you seeing it at all.