All these attributes don’t quite make for a complex movie, rather, they make for a complicated one. An attempt at a tech thriller with no thrill. Perfect Stranger sometimes feels like little more than an attempt.
They possess neither the familiarity to be relatable, nor the horror to be daunting. Most things going on in Rowena’s (Halle Berry) mind are completely unknown to the audience. Perfect Stranger seems like a sequel, or a second season of a series, rather than a standalone film. Most pertinently, it doesn’t have any sense of precedence, or a handful of seasons of goodwill in the bag. An opening that seems connected to the entirety of the story but is loosely relevant to it a high-stakes mid-point that isn’t really high stakes and a twist at the end that is both too good to be true and underwhelming.Įxcept Perfect Stranger doesn’t quite have a character with a great personality, sense of dare, and a panache for telling wonderful anecdotes. But the movie’s direction sometimes read like an episode of the later stages of The Blacklist. For this column, the look as always how the film is like in this current times.įirst off, Perfect Stranger and its shoddy quality and shabby execution is a flaw in every time, past or present. This movie also features Giovanni Ribisi ( Contraband), Clea Lewis, Nicki Aycox, and Daniella van Graas. Starring Halle Berry and Bruce Willis, Perfect Stranger (says it) is a 2007 neo-noir film directed by James Foley. There was Preston Tylk in 2000, and Taking Lives four years after, but this movie, with what comes next for this writer, and the quality of this one, feels like Bokenkamp’s first metaphorical first draft in writing. But before The Blacklist, before the birth of that, was Perfect Stranger, in 2007.Īnd in many ways, you could probably look at that and highlight Bokenkamp’s story improvements. It’s the series featuring James Spader and Megan Boone which is awaiting its ninth season (even though Bokenkamp’s and Boone’s impending departures has many wondering about what happens next). Jon Bokenkamp has made a name for himself with the crime thriller series, The Blacklist, on NBC.
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