Twisted (2004 film)

Infobox Film
name = Twisted


caption =
director = Philip Kaufman
writer = Sarah Thorp
starring = Ashley Judd,
Samuel L. Jackson,
Andy Garcia
editing = Peter Boyle
producer = Barry Baeres
distributor = Paramount Pictures
United International Pictures
budget = ~ US$50,000,000
released = 27 February 2004 (USA)
runtime = 97 min
language = English
imdb_id = 0315297

"Twisted" is a 2004 American thriller film written by Sarah Thorp and directed by Philip Kaufman. It stars Ashley Judd, Samuel L. Jackson and Andy Garcia. The film is set in San Francisco, California.

Plot

Having solved a high profile case involving a serial killer, Jessica Shepard (Ashley Judd) is a rising officer on the San Francisco police force. She is transferred to the Homicide division and promoted to the rank of Inspector.

Her deceased father's former partner, John Mills (Samuel L Jackson), serves as her proud mentor. The recently promoted Jessica finds that she might once again have to prove herself in a department that takes no prisoners.

When one of her many former one night stands falls prey to murder, she and her new partner, Mike Delmarco (Andy Garcia) are assigned to the case. Shepard, who also has a drinking problem, soon falls under suspicion. Three more murders follow, all of whom she has had relatonships with.

Shepard begins to experience a mental breakdown. Increasing blacking out for long periods of time. Her father, a police patrolman, had gone on a killing spree back in the 1970s and then murdered her mother. She begins to fear she has the same violent tendencies, and that she has been commiting murder in her disorganised state.

With only her mentor's support she must find the perpetrator and clear her name, before she becomes the murderer's next victim.

Reception

The film received almost universally negative reviews with a 2% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. [http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/twisted/] One reveiwer described the role-reversal of the film as "contrived", while allowing that the film "may dole out a few guilty pleasures". [http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/ReviewComplete.asp?FID=10022]

Box Office

The film generated $25,198,598 in the United States and Canada and $15,756,005 in other territories for a combined worlwide gross of $40,954,603 [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=twisted.htm] - well down on the film's production budget of $50 million.

Cast

*Ashley Judd ... Jessica Shepard
*Samuel L. Jackson ... John Mills
*Andy Garcia ... Mike Delmarco
*David Strathairn ... Dr. Melvin Frank
*Russell Wong ... Lieutenant Tong
*Camryn Manheim ... Lisa
*Mark Pellegrino ... Jimmy Schmidt
*Titus Welliver ... Dale Becker
*D.W. Moffett ... Ray Porter
*Richard T. Jones ... Wilson Jefferson
*Leland Orser ... Edmund Cutler
*James Oliver Bullock ... John Flanagan
*William Hall ... Chip Marshall
*Joe Duer ... Larry Geber
*Jim Hechim ... Bob Sherman (as James Hechim)

ee also

*Yawara

External links

* [http://www.twistedmovie.com/splash.html Official site]
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