Secrets of Deception

People who rate this a 10 are clueless. But then again, most Americans are clueless.

This was a really interesting film to watch and I'm super happy I made the time. Thanks for sharing your work Josh. Keep going!

No pun intended, but there are not that many secrets here and calling what happens deception? Well at least anyone who watches this will get the definition of deception explained to them at the beginning of the movie - even if the movie could have done without it. And it would not even be a nightmare if it had done so (no pun intended).

It has some interesting casting choices and the actors are fine usually (most of them that is) ... so I have to assume that script and/or directing (maybe influence from producers, but I doubt it with a small production like this) did backfire ... there is not much for them to work with either of course. Editing can't save much ... so this is subpar and maybe I am being way too generous once again .. but it also has some fun moments ... go figure.

Not sure about all the behind the scenes drama from the EMO reviewers, but as a regular guy who likes movies, I enjoyed it. Great acting, great editing, I like non-linear style of editing, it made the story more interesting. I would recommend this film to anyone wanting to watch a good film.

"Secrets of Deception" is so weak that it's laughable, or better saying, it's nearly good at instances and almost becomes a guilty pleasure. Here's a heavily cliched story that follows every thriller about cheating, infidelity and a series of crimes to follow along. It's pathetic but hilarious, and the little thrills it offers go between dumb to slightly interesting and gripping.

The Schaefer household isn't a happy one anymore. Husband Jeff (Chris Degner) suspects that Kim (Sydney Black) is having an affair with a young and cute neighbor (Chad Michael Singer). Jeff is mad and decides to hire some thugs to murder the wife, maybe the lover too. But you know how those things go. The bad guy only wants the money, without getting involved in the danger of it all, so he hires another type to create the perfect crime and you can guess that when a third party is involved, a series of mishaps will fall into place until it hits Jeff in the rear. Tom Sizemore plays one of those guys, if I'm not mistaken, he's a former cop involved with criminal activities and the script offers him a series of dramatic talks as he chain smokes and drinks all the time.

It's hard not to go into a superficial look at it all. That wife was only in it for the money, as hubby looks a pitiful type that would never get such a trophy wife by his side, and the helpful neighbor is indeed helpful all the way (but it's not smart enough to use of his good looks to become a actor/model and get that same money as Kim's hubby). Besides that, it's poorly conceived, weirdly edited and put together, and it's awfully embarassing to watch - but it has a couple of decent moments to be seen (the house attack is one of them).

Anyway, this comes long overdue and with foggy memories - but I do remember plenty of it and it wasn't good. And there's a part of me that feel the need to suggest this thing because of the ending. I won't talk about it, I won't describe anything. But let's just say that if the story could have some salvation or become slightly enjoyable to the point of being good, it's the end that kills a great deal. It has to be one of the worst endings ever written, conceived, edited and thrown in the screen. Maybe that's the idea: just read the premise, think about potential problems that would come to our "hero", don't watch anything and just rush to the final ten minutes. You definitely won't forget how lame and absurd those last moments were. I wish I could forget them all. 5/10.