faces of deceit

This week's trio of A*List movies were full of backstabbing and prevarication.

Two were new; the third, seen again tonight at Carolyn's request, was from a couple of weeks ago.

Good suggestion from mi amiga, as it provided the unifying theme for me.

With "The Suicide Squad", the deceit was on the part of Peacemaker and the A.R.G.U.S. director, both of whom had secret agendas that not only threatened the overall mission, but also led to the deaths of many of those on the missions.

An additional deceit was perpetrated upon me, as I thought I was getting another movie with Michael Rooker in it.

Nope, didn't happen; he was killed off in the first fifteen minutes.

Ack.

The second movie seen, "Stillwater", had Matt Damon in a spot-on performance of a small town alcoholic, with bar fights and prison time in his past, and an estranged 20-something daughter in his present life.

She's in prison in France, and has been for five years, accused of killing her girlfriend (Lina), living on money sent from the grandmother that raised her.

Dad is sent from Oklahoma by the grandmother to visit his daughter in prison, and she gives him a letter for the judge, a letter pleading for a new trial as she had heard evidence about a man (Akim) claiming to have killed Lina.

Dad also finds out from the letter that his daughter has no love for him and thinks he is useless and unable to help her.

He promises to himself to prove her wrong by helping to find Akim, and after months there in Marseilles, he finally does... only to discover his daughter has been lying, to him, to the French police, to the grandmother, all these years.

Ack.

Then there's "Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origin", which lies in its very title, as the "Joe" crime-fighting organization was around since before Snake Eyes' father was killed.

As for the deceit within the movie, look no farther than the title character, deliberately misleading others in his obsessive quest to find his father's killer.

Ack.

Now, it's time to 'watch' (i.e., text back and forth with proposed answers and comments over the course of the hour-long show) "The Wall" with my first niece.

Next week's movies should be more to my liking.