Halle Berry plays an investigative reporter named Rowena who is searching for the killer of her longtime friend, Grace (Nicki Aycox). In the matter of advertising mogul Harrison Hill (Willis), he likes keeping some activities as far away from his wife as possible so he can continue his extramarital affair in the real world. Bruce Willis gets some of the blame, and although not his worst effort (even if the hairpiece was), I was longing for yet another “Die Hard” sequel – I was feeling that desperate.Īt the center of this thriller is the Internet: that conduit of debauchery where naughty things happen online to people who lead double lives.
Unlike “Catwoman,” though, the entire movie doesn’t rest on her shoulders alone. OK, so maybe the writing and directing contributed to this being anything but perfect. I understand that, this being tax season and all, the cast probably needed a write-off, but please think of the rest of us who enjoy motion pictures only to be disappointed by the acting. But here? If she continues this trend of filmmaking, she may as well wind up being a perfect stranger. Two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank didn’t further her career any by appearing in the ghastly movie “The Reaping.” What was she thinking, anyway? “I need to get out of the movie business”?Īnd Halle Berry – she who won the Oscar for 2001’s “Monster’s Ball.” I tried to forgive her for “Catwoman,” only because she looked better in her costume than reciting her lines.
There’s really no rhyme or reason in this world sometimes, especially when you’re scratching your head trying to figure out why some movies do very well with an unknown cast while other films with an A-list lineup fail miserably at the box office. Halle Berry and Bruce Willis star in "Perfect Stranger." / Barry Wetcher / Columbia Pictures