***SPOILERS*** Hard to figure out if "lies & Illusions" is either an action thriller unintentional comedy or some kind of Hollywood in joke concocted by those behind and staring in it. The one thing that I noticed about the film is that its star Christian Slater as self help author Wes Wislon is having the time of his life in being in the movie.
Slater who lately will take any role he can get his hands on somehow manages to keep a smile on his face throughout the entire film that you start to wounder if he's really enjoying being in it or is popped up on uppers to the point where he feels no pain or embarrassment in how ridicules the movie, or his part in it , really is. It's Wilson's misfortune to run into, while signing his best selling book, leggy Samantha, Sarah Ann Schultz. Wilson is so struck by Samantha's beauty that he falls in love proposes and marries her by the time the evening is over. As things soon turn out Samantha is involved with this hoodlum Isaac, Cuba Goodin Jr,whom she left high and dry by taking off with some 10 million dollars worth of uncut diamonds that he had her hold for him.
As things turn out Wilson becomes the major precipitant of Samantha's estate, after she was rubbed out by Isaac's goons on her and Wilson's wedding night, which includes the key to a bank safe deposit box where the diamonds are supposed to be hidden. To put a little more spice into the movie Wilson soon runs into, again while signing his book, magazine writer Nichole Williams, Christa Campbell, who's more interested in his love life, and what she can do to improve it, then his autograph. With all the major players in the movie now in place this sets up the scene for an almost hour long chase scene where Issac and his band of butterfingered henchmen wreck the entire city of Spokane Washington trying to get their hands of the diamonds with the local police either on vacation or out to lunch, only showing up when the movie is almost over, while all this destruction of city as well as personal property is going on!
***SPOILERS*** The film ends on a somewhat confusing note with a battered and bloodied Wes Wilson, who was shot and near death when it ended, now completely recovered and discussing a sequel to his best selling book with his friend an literary agent Martin, Al Madrigal. I guess this is what the title of the film meant! Was it actually true or just a BS story made up by Wislon for his latest literary project! As for the very embarrassed looking Cuba Goodin Jr he did, unlike Slater, look like he just couldn't wait for the movie to finally end so he could finally be through with being in it even if he would have to be killed off for that to happen!
Slater who lately will take any role he can get his hands on somehow manages to keep a smile on his face throughout the entire film that you start to wounder if he's really enjoying being in it or is popped up on uppers to the point where he feels no pain or embarrassment in how ridicules the movie, or his part in it , really is. It's Wilson's misfortune to run into, while signing his best selling book, leggy Samantha, Sarah Ann Schultz. Wilson is so struck by Samantha's beauty that he falls in love proposes and marries her by the time the evening is over. As things soon turn out Samantha is involved with this hoodlum Isaac, Cuba Goodin Jr,whom she left high and dry by taking off with some 10 million dollars worth of uncut diamonds that he had her hold for him.
As things turn out Wilson becomes the major precipitant of Samantha's estate, after she was rubbed out by Isaac's goons on her and Wilson's wedding night, which includes the key to a bank safe deposit box where the diamonds are supposed to be hidden. To put a little more spice into the movie Wilson soon runs into, again while signing his book, magazine writer Nichole Williams, Christa Campbell, who's more interested in his love life, and what she can do to improve it, then his autograph. With all the major players in the movie now in place this sets up the scene for an almost hour long chase scene where Issac and his band of butterfingered henchmen wreck the entire city of Spokane Washington trying to get their hands of the diamonds with the local police either on vacation or out to lunch, only showing up when the movie is almost over, while all this destruction of city as well as personal property is going on!
***SPOILERS*** The film ends on a somewhat confusing note with a battered and bloodied Wes Wilson, who was shot and near death when it ended, now completely recovered and discussing a sequel to his best selling book with his friend an literary agent Martin, Al Madrigal. I guess this is what the title of the film meant! Was it actually true or just a BS story made up by Wislon for his latest literary project! As for the very embarrassed looking Cuba Goodin Jr he did, unlike Slater, look like he just couldn't wait for the movie to finally end so he could finally be through with being in it even if he would have to be killed off for that to happen!