Movie Title: Hangman
The old-school child’s spelling game, Hangman, held promise for a good thriller, but the movie disappoints in a pretty mediocre paint by numbers who-dunnit.
- “Sometimes finding out the truth leaves scars.” – Christi Davies (Brittany Snow)
- “Scars tell stories.” – bad guy (I don’t want to tell you who that is!)
- Revenge
- Friendship
- It was refreshing to see Brittany Snow in a hard-hitting murder mystery, after seeing her in fluffy, fun movies like Pitch Perfect By the way, the 3rd Pitch Perfect movie hits theaters in 3 weeks! I confess, the franchise is a guilty pleasure for me.
- Karl Urban plays Detective Ruiney as well as he does “Bones” in Star Trek Into Darkness , although “Bones” is definitely a more interesting character.
- I first noticed the beautiful, tough Sarah Shahi when she starred in Person of Interest: S1-5. Her real name is Aahoo Jahansouz and she’s a descendant of a real Persian Shah. Cool. Unfortunately, she seemed too young to be cast as the captain of the police department.
Things I didn’t like:
- Typical bad guy monologue at the end.
- The cops never take the time to try to figure out what the hangman letters mean. It seems like they could have plugged them into a computer to consider various options. You get to see what the letters spell out towards the very end, but no one even mentions anything about it. Missed opportunity there.
- Silly ending.
- The whole plot feels contrived and forced with annoying plot holes.
- This is NOT a family-friendly film.
- F-bombs and other profanity.
- Lots of bloody, gruesome deaths.
- Naked chest of some dead women.
- Paintings of naked women.
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