"Deception" is a pretty entertaining movie. It has good performances from Hugh Jackman and Ewan McGregor and is a decent story of double crosses. There is only one major problem. Almost the same exact material was recently done with Clive Owen and Jennifer Aniston in "Derailed" and that was a much better movie. Ewan McGregor plays Jonathan McQuarry, a very mild-mannered accountant who meets Wyatt Bose (Jackman), a hot-shot lawyer, during one of his audits. Bose is a much more polished, confident man who befriends McQuarry and introduces him to a world of sex and power. Bose gets McQuarry into "The List", a sex ring where very beautiful women are at his beck and call. McQuarry finds himself in love with "S" (Michele Williams) and also the prime suspect when she turns up missing. Bose is not quite the man McQuarry thought he was and McQuarry is now knee-deep in a plot to embezzle millions from one of his clients. Some of the "deception" is more straight-forward than in "Derailed". This is not quite as twisty as that film (although I think it tries to be). If not for the very good performances by the leads, this could have been a "so what" film, but Jackman seems to really enjoy the polished, ruthless Bose and chews up the material nicely. If you have to choose, however, see "Derailed". It is a much better movie.Grade: C-
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