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Deceived

USA 2002
produced by
Nicholas Tabarrok for Cloud Ten, Darius Films, Shoreline Entertainment
directed by André Van Heerden
starring Judd Nelson, Michelle Nolden, Stewart Bick, Louis Gossett jr, Deborah Odell, Jefferson Mappin, Ramona Milano, Bill MacDonald, Mike Realba, Jason Knight, Paul Fauteux, Darrell Dennis, Melissa Haller, Clipper Miano, Ron Webber, Billy Oliver
written by John Patus, Paul Lalonde, music by Gary Koftinoff

review by
Dale Pierce

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I do not know if it was an intended spinoff or not, but this film reminded my of a modernized version of Shirley Jackson's The Haunting Of Hill House book, for which the subesquent films, The Haunting, were made in the 1960s and 1990s. In this case, investigators go not to a haunted house in an attempt to prove or disprove the existance of ghosts, but to an observatory where a series of signals have been picked up, hinting life in outer space in one form or another has made contact with Earth. As the movie goes on and the military intervenes, everyone ends up at everyone's else's throats. It is then suspected the mysterious signals are not coming from Mars or Planet X, but from some other source, quite possibly Hell.

Each of the individuals shows a strange effect from the signal. According to individual weakness, Deborah Odell becomes the embodiment of lust and temptation, Jefferson Mappin as a walrus-like New Age Minister, becomes absorbed by gluttony, Stewart Bick is swallowed in greed and so on. Only Judd Nelson seems to have a clue as to what is really going on, while evil devours the rest of the party. In the meantime, each of the others falls victim to one of the Seven Deadly Sins of Catholic lore.


A special note must be made to the performance by Jefferson Mappin as a rambling, annoying minister. When the signals effect his weak point and he becomes ravenous in his desire to cosume, he not only cleans out a refrigerator, but  sits on the floor and makes a giant martini drinking straight from a bottle of gin and mixing it with a large jar of olives. He becomes the embodiment of all things repulsive. You just want to wipe his face, staple his mouth shut, or hit him over the head with a setting maul and put him out of his misery.

In spite of Cloud Ten being a Christian film production company and using a good deal of Jesus Christing, so to speak, in their movies, this piece of work does not become sappy like some of those old Billy Graham turn-or-burn flicks from the 1970s. In fact some libraries actually have this movie stocked in the sci-fi section and not the religious category. In the end, prayer and faith win out for the good side, as is usually the case in Cloud Ten scripts or those by similar companies. In the meantime, however, there is ample violence and even some killing to make it entertaining to nonbelievers as well.

Special note goes also to film composer Gary Koftinoff, for an Ennio Morricone type soundtrack that does not disappoint. It is a shame that as far as I know, there has never been a CD released of this score. The opening title is particularly captivating.

Though not well known outside of Canada, actress Deborah Odell gives a credible and tempting performance as a major newscaster used to getting her way due to her looks, who becomes prey to the sin of lust, and shows it quite convincingly

Then there's Judd Nelson as his usual, droll, sarcastic self, while Lou Gossett jr steps up to the plate as a particularly annoying military officer who gets his due to his own particular sin of choice in the end. The others also turn in credible showings.

If youa re one of the Christians, this is a film for you. If not, it might still be a film for you anyway, if you can overlook the obligatory religious message and just view it as a good sci-fi or horror film

 

review © by Dale Pierce

 

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