Twisted

Release Date: February 27, 2004

He said I always do the same sorts of movies. Throw him in jail!

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68/92 David Mumpower The Keith Sweat song affords more entertainment in 5 minutes than the movie does in 97.

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Ashley Judd has been having a busy career making two kinds of movies; on the one hand, romantic comedies and "womens pictures"' where women are women and men are idiots, and on the other, thriller/detective stories, generally teamed with an older, wiser black veteran. In this case, it's the latter, with Morgan Freeman replaced by Samuel L. Jackson (with whom she last starred in A Time To Kill). So this time, we mix 'em together a little; she's a cop who ends up playing detective when her past comes back with a vengeance. As in someone is killing off her old exes one by one, and ya know, the other cops just might think she did it. And did you know that her dad was a serial killer? Hmmmmmm....

Of course, Ashley Judd is a Nice Girl, so that's impossible. So the Whodunit is pointed around, including at her new beau, Andy Garcia. Of course, Garcia's career has been bouncing around from hits like Ocean's 11 and duds like Just The Ticket, so he's not really a factor. Philip Kaufman (no relation to Donald) directs, which (considering his odd but distinguished track record) has to be considered a plus. I just want to see Jackson quote Ezekiel as he whips out a purple light-saber and saves the princess - er, Judd. (Jim Rittenhouse/BOP)
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September 22, 2003
The title has been changed from The Blackout Murders to Twisted. Ahhh, from mediocre to completely generic, much like the previous Ashley Judd movie Someone Like You. (Jennifer Turnock/BOP)




Vital statistics for Twisted
Main Cast Ashley Judd, Samuel L. Jackson, Andy Garcia
Supporting Cast D.W. Moffett, Mark Pelligrino, Russell Wong
Director Philip Kaufman
Screenwriter Sarah Thorp
Distributor Paramount
Trailer Click Here for Trailer
Official Site http://www.twistedmovie.com/splash.html
Rating R
Running Time 107 minutes
Screen Count 2,703
Talent in red has entry in The Big Picture



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World is not Enough, The 11/19/9935.52 42.32 3165 11223.00 12813.7 126.93 151.26 3.57
Double Jeopardy 9/24/9923.16 27.59 2547 9093.00 10381.8 116.40 138.71 5.03
High Crimes 4/5/0214.01 14.56 2717 5155.00 5155.0 41.54 43.18 2.97
Enough 5/24/0214.01 14.56 2623 6562.00 6562.0 39.18 40.73 2.80
Kiss the Girls 10/3/9713.22 17.36 2271 5821.00 7355.5 60.50 79.47 4.58


     


 
 

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