Oliver Twisted

Starring:Signe Kiesel, Brian Ahmes, Jason McMahan, Karen Black, Erik Estrada, Diane M. Grant, Dave Kramer, Heather Hegeman, Manuel Guevarra Jr., Dennis Alexander, Annette Rowan, Rene Graney, Eddie Max, David Preuss, Ben Amick, Karen Monahan, Shelly Bourguignon, Maureen Preuss, Edgar Alan Poe IV, John Adjemian
Director: Dean Gates
Studio: Pathfinder Home Ent.
Product Type: DVD

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With a tawdry plot and a short list of suspects, Twisted gives armchair detectives an easy chance to figure out whodunit. Critics roasted this pulpy potboiler, in which Ashley Judd (attempting to repeat the thriller success she had with Double Jeopardy and High Crimes) plays a San Francisco homicide detective who is her own prime suspect in an ongoing serial murder case, in which all of the victims are men she recently slept with. These one-night stands, and a problem with alcoholic blackouts, make Judd's wine-drinking character the loose cannon on the case, and her partner (Andy Garcia) and police commissioner mentor (Samuel L. Jackson) have their own reasons for wanting the case to close. Apparently nobody bothered to point out numerous weaknesses in Sarah Thorp's B-movie screenplay, and with no apparent interest in the proceedings, director Philip Kaufman (The Right Stuff) allows Judd to look silly, Garcia to overact, and the whole movie to unfold in murky darkness and dimly lit rooms. Kaufman, Judd, and her costars are capable of better. --Jeff Shannon

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Though not a masterpiece, a movie worth watching.......2007-05-20

Twisted brings to the screen the story of a young policewoman, recently promoted to inspector, who finds herself investigating the murders of her former lovers, making her...the prime suspect.
Ashley Judd, Andy Garcia, Samuel Jackson, and the rest of the cast carry out their performances very well.
The setting, the plot, the dialogues, and the music are all good.
In a nutshell, it's probably not a movie you would want to add to your collection, but it will provide for an evening's entertainment.

unti-twist.......2007-01-27

Samuel L. Jackson and Andy Garcia are very talented and good actors, but even they can't save this film from failure. The main line is boring and film is very predictable - don't see nothing "twisted" in it.

The beginning of this film was rather boring but seemed to get a bit more interesting right near the end where this film earns an extra star!

Only watch if you're a fan of detective films otherwise I wouldn't bother!!

Twisted.......2007-01-15

Fue un regalo para mi esposa ya que me dijo que nunca se la habia alquilado y espero que le guste.

Suspense , thriller kind of movie..........2007-01-04

The key to this movie, was the interaction between the trio
Samuel Jackson, Ashley Judd and Andy Garcia, the latter whom
the viewer can't really figure out, as a bad guy, good guy
throughout the movie, until the suspense is resolved towards
the end of the movie, doing a fine job.

Avoiding to spoil this thriller, clearly SJ does a fine acting
job, as does AJ, who seems significantly out of character in
this movie, playing an alcoholic, attitude-filled, gutsy police
detective, with a number of other flaws, such as ease with
which she moves from lover to lover. Within her own limits, Judd
demonstrates a very good, but not exceptional, acting performance.

For those, like myself, who enjoy movies who take you to another
time and space, for 1 hour and a half, this work is an acceptable
rental choice, if only to see the main actors playing characters
that are out of the ordinary, taking risks in terms of how far
they can remain credible playing difficult characters.

The downside to this movie,is perhaps the energy level, considering
the actors seem in most cases looking tired or worn out ...perhaps the
filming and on-location shots took a long time to prepare. This seems
to be the case for most of those in the movie, except for a few, such
as Camryn Manheim's character.

Perhaps to redeem herself from this shocking character, Judd is later
interviewed in the extra section of the DVD, on-set filming another
picture, Norma Jean, in a more charismatic manner.

Do the Twisted.......2006-07-10

I think when many say they knew after 15 minutes who the killer was, they're actually saying they guessed who the killer was and just happened to be right.

Think about this for a moment: What was the motive? That was something I never figured out. The killer didn't have a motive. That's what threw me off. But I guess some would say a crazed killer doesn't need a motive. But come on! Even the deranged killer in 7even had a reason for killing. Even Norman Bates had a reason for killing.

It could be the reason was explained but I just missed it because the movie was so terrible. I don't know. I really don't want to have to watch the whole movie again to figure it out.

I know if you have a lot of high profile actors in secondary roles, one of them is the killer for sure; but you're thrown off by the fact that you have Andy Garcia, D.W. Moffett, and Sam L. Jackson. So all 3 are fair game.

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Though not a masterpiece, a movie worth watching
unti-twist
Twisted
Suspense , thriller kind of movie...
Do the Twisted

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Starring: Ashley Judd , Samuel L. Jackson , Andy Garcia , David Strathairn , and Russell Wong
Director: Philip Kaufman
Manufacturer: Paramount
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Customer Reviews:

Though not a masterpiece, a movie worth watching.......2007-05-20

unti-twist.......2007-01-27

Twisted.......2007-01-15

Fue un regalo para mi esposa ya que me dijo que nunca se la habia alquilado y espero que le guste.

Suspense , thriller kind of movie..........2007-01-04

Do the Twisted.......2006-07-10

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Oliver Twisted
Starring: Signe Kiesel , Brian Ahmes , Jason McMahan , Karen Black , and Erik Estrada
Director: Dean Gates
Manufacturer: Pathfinder Home Ent.
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Release Date: 1969-12-31

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The Happ's family reality is not so different from those other middle class, suburban folk until a secret turns their seemingly pleasant life into a blood bath!

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Oliver Twisted

Manufacturer: Echelon Enterainment 2
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Mrs. Mary Happ's life is not so diffrent from the lives of most middle class, abandoned mothers, raising a lovely, popular, high school senior daughter (Livvy) and a bright, pleasant junior high school son (Jeff), a bit of a loner. Sure, money is at times in short supply, but that's true for most of us. And, while the family doesn't live high off the hog, they have a comfortable home at the end of a secluded lane on a pleasant little lake, a few miles outside of town. Mary Happ has a good job. Its only drawback: Mary must occasionaly be away from home, several days at a time. But Livvy and Jeff are reponsible when they have to be, so Mary has a few reservations about leaving them to care for themselves when she must travel. Their lives are almost painfully normal, execpt for Oliver, a young man, about 18 years old. Livvy and Jeff don't know Oliver. Their mother thought it better that way. They never would have known of their "cousin"--and only living relative--but for an incident at a private institution where he was confined for many years--naked, in a total bare room with no sharp corners, the only furniture a slab of stainless steel upon which he slept. Somehow Oliver got loose, and wreaked havoc on the institution and its staff. Subdued with massive doses of tranquilizer--too massive--Oliver fell into a coma from which it is doubtful he will ever emerge. Oliver's condition now requires 24 hour nursing care, which Mrs. Happ cannot afford. Oliver must go "home" where his "family" can care for his needs around the clock. Mrs Happ accepts the inevitable, but is concerned that the family secret might somehow get out. His presence in the Happ household is unobtrusive, at first. Within a short time, Jeff takes a keen intrest in his "cousin," taking over most of the burden of his care. It's about this time a peculiar presence begins to make itself known within the circles where Jeff and Livvy travel. It's about this time that people start dying...horribly.

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