Kattiera Nana I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Ketrivie It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Tad Pole . . . plus a pair of other guys who call each other "sociopaths." This latter couple alternate between murderous episodes of trying to violently kill each other and more ominous scenes in which they kiss and make out. If there's a lesson that DEATHTRAP wishes viewers to learn, it's that orienteers who think the shortest distance between Points A and B is a straight line ought to be wary of blokes surveying for topographical maps. Standard operating procedure among this set seems to be luring rich women into sham marriages so that the actual mattress mates can conspire perfect DEATHTRAP crimes to live off the slaughtered loser ladies' loot. While it's true that DEATHTRAP's larcenous lovers do not get to share a "last laugh," this is no doubt an exception contrived for the DEATHTRAP plot which proves the Real Life Rule. As LOVE, SIMON is arguing in theaters right now, Congress MUST require ALL of Today's rising first graders to declare themselves as a matter of public record, so that no one can sneak around like a sociopath under false pretenses, engineering DEATHTRAPs for unsuspecting innocent victims.

Maynard Handley There are two big problems with the movie. The easier problem to remedy is the pacing. There's just too much time spent on material that adds nothing to the plot or the ambiance. 90 minutes might have been a good length, but 120 minutes is way too long. The larger problem is that the final twist is so stupid it destroys the rest of the experience. A satisfactory twist in a movie consists of three parts: the twist is unexpected the twist makes sense/plausibility within the movie universe (ie no magic deus ex machina, no lucky coincidences) the twist is organic to the storyline. Once it happens, we review the previous material in our minds and see that, yes, it makes even more sense within the light of the twist. Something that doesn't follow these rules is not a twist, it's a gimmick, the sort of BS that leaves you swearing that you'll never again waste your time watching a movie by that particular director and screenwriter.This movie delivers a completely satisfactory twist in the first act, leaving one to expect that the second act will be resolved just as satisfactorily. But no such luck --- the second act ends with a gimmick. Unexpected yes, but barely plausible, and utterly inorganic to the story. The play (from what I read on Wikipedia) seems to have done a substantially better job of making the ending feel natural. So we have the not too unusual story of movie makers (the director? the producers? the financiers?) too stupid to understand what was actually valuable in the property they chose to adapt and insisting on "improving" it. Oh well, what can you do? The stupid will always be with us.

bigverybadtom A once-revered playwright has not been able to create any good plays lately, causing trouble not only for his career but for his marriage. In desperation, he finds a play written by a student of his that might just solve his problems...if he can take the credit for it. He and his wife then lure the student to his home, get him to wear handcuffs, and the student is murdered and buried in the lawn...but then the student comes back to life and attacks the couple. Is the student undead? Well, not exactly...and that is the first of many twists in the story. Then the playwright brings his lawyer in, and the psychic neighbor sticks her nose in...and the surprises really mount up.This movie has been compared to "Sleuth" from a decade before, but I found little in common in them besides Michael Caine. Despite the botched ending, I found this movie more exciting and well-paced.

bobnewbie2 I do not believe all the praise for this movie. The play and movie were a ripoff of Sleuth. Michael Caine wishes he were Olivier, and Reeves wishes he were Caine. Caine even had the nerve to do a remake of Sleuth with Jude Law playing his original part. Jude Law? You mean the one that did the remake of "Alfie"? This movie was made during a period of Caine's career when it was obvious he needed to pay off gambling debts. He would do anything for money. He would star in such award winning movies such as this, and "Beyond the Poseidon Adventure". What seems to be driving the praise for this movie is Reeves death. He deserves better than to be remembered for this lousy movie. And so does Caine. This movie can be found in the $5.97 bin at Walmart. Along with gems like "The Island", and "Blame it on Rio".