Twisted (2004)
Directed by Philip Kaufman
Recently promoted and transferred to the homicide division, Inspector Jessica Shepard feels pressure to prove herself -- and what better way than by solving San Francisco's latest murder? However, as Shepard and her partner, Mike Delmarco, soon discover, the victim shared a romantic connection to her. As more of Shepard's ex-lovers turn up dead, her mind starts to become unstable, and she begins to wonder if she could be the very killer she's trying to track down.
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What critics compared Twisted to
Kaufman, who helmed such masterworks as The Right Stuff and The Unbearable Lightness of Being, as well as the somewhat over-directed Rising Sun, another good cop-bad cop film that, at least, got better reviews that his current effort.
Director Philip Kaufman has made a lot of entertainingly gutsy films like The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid, The White Dawn, The Right Stuff, The Unbearable Lightness of Being and Quills.
The bigger question, however, is what drew such talents as director Philip Kaufman (of "Quills," "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" and "The Right Stuff" fame) and David Strathairn ("Blue Car") to such career lows? "Twisted" is a preposterous mess, a film that looks like it was hacked in the editing room to make the running time less painful.
That's the kind of twisted logic on display in "Twisted," a silly thriller directed by Philip Kaufman ("The Unbearable Lightness of Being," "Quills"), who should know better.