Twisted Movie Review 2004

Judd stars as police detective Jessica Shepard in a sleazy, predictable thriller. Jessica likes to drink herself into blackout stupors and have one-night stands, until her hook-ups start turning up dead. Somehow, she ends up in charge of the murder investigation and must hunt down the killer while wondering what she has to do with the crimes. Partner Mike (Garcia) and Police Commissioner Mills (Jackson) are there to keep the pressure on. Oh yeah, and her father went crazy and killed a bunch of people, too. Convoluted backstory, lame plot, and yet another "Ashley Judd in trouble" role adds up to a mediocre turkey and a precipitous step down for director Kaufman.

Distribution

Paramount Home Video, 5555 Melrose Ave., 5555 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038, Phone: (323)956-5000, URL: http://www.paramount.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on DVD
Running time 96 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Psycho-Thriller, Serial Killers, Women Cops, On the Rocks, San Francisco, Shrinks, Police Detectives

Screenplay

Sarah Thorp

Cast

Ashley Judd, Samuel L. Jackson, Andy Garcia, Russell Wong, David Strathairn, Camryn Manheim, Mark Pellegrino, Titus Welliver, D.W. Moffett, Richard T. Jones, Leland Orser

Cinematography

Peter Deming

Director

Philip Kaufman

Music

Mark Isham

Other

Nelson Stoll, Peter Boyle, Tom Taylor, Ellen Mirojnick, Dennis Washington

Producer

Anne Kopelson, Arnold Kopelson, Kopelson Entertainment, Paramount Pictures