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| Review by Joe Yezukevich |
Produced by Alexandra Milchan, Scott Lambert, Deepak Nayar
Screenplay by Barry L. Levy, Jason Dean Hall
Based on Paranoia by Joseph Finder
Directed by Robert Luketic
Starring Liam Hemsworth, Gary Oldman,
Amber Heard, Harrison Ford, Lucas Till,
Embeth Davidtz, Julian McMahon,
Josh Holloway, Richard Dreyfuss
Gaumont / Rated PG-13
Just when I thought movies this year could not get any worse, August arrives with the abysmal Paranoia.
Liam Helmsworth (the Chad Lowe to Chris Helmsworth's Rob Lowe) has an unmemorable turn as Adam Cassidy, a "Bridge and Tunnel" Brooklynite (huh?) trying to get to the top of corporate Manhattan by any means necessary.
After he and his tight knit troop of developers blow a presentation to their boss Nicholas Wyatt (a criminally underused Gary Oldman), the gang gets fired. Under Adam's wing, they blow the remainder of their budget on a night in Manhattan's trendiest new club.
Now that the money has been embezzled, Wyatt owns Cassidy.
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