Review #286: Obsessed (2009)
I was excited to see Obsessed because it looked bad and trashy but I was worried it would be really bad when it was pointed out that it’s rated PG-13. Lame. I was pretty much right, this is a bad movie. I didn’t like any of the music selections, but that’s not surprising. The title sequence and the romantic scenes between Beyonce Knowles’ character Sharon and her husband Derek, used to show how strong they’re relationship is, went on a little too long. And usually set to the same yucky music. Ali Larder did a good crazy, but she’s proven that before, and Knowles does a pretty good bitch when dealing with Larder’s character.
Plot-wise, it’s pretty basic. Unlike it’s predecessor Fatal Attraction, the male lead in this movie didn’t actually sleep with the woman who works with him and begins stalking him and his family. He never even leads her on. It’s true, he’s totally innocent. So where does he go wrong? He doesn’t tell anyone that this crazy bitch is being crazy! He has no reason NOT to tell his wife and also get her crazy ass fired! So he does kind of get what he deserves to a lesser extent.
The most redeeming quality of this movie was the cat fight between Knowles and Larder at the end. It could have been a lot better. The camera was shaky and that always gets tiresome, but there was some good tusslin’ going on. I really wish I could compare it to Vivica Fox and Uma Thurman in Kill Bill, but…well, they’re not trained assassins, they’re just crazy bitches. Now I’m going to post the best part of the movie here because I will not be spoiling anything at all. It goes on for a few more minutes and ends with falling through the ceiling and the old chandelier-crash-on-the-crazy-bitch gag.
The best thing that I can hope will come from this movie is a series that may all go straight to DVD. I think by the time Obsessed 3 comes out, cat fight thrillers will be all the rage.
And to help the cause, here’s more chicks fighting:
April 27th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
I can’t help but fool myself into thinking there was a catfight in “Assualt of the Killer Bimbos”
Try as I might, any recall of this movie is quicky reduced to “Oh no a bimbo with a gun”
In my past, I know there was a van filled with surfers and smoke, and a bizare duo and vacationing in mexico
yet as quickly as it arrives “Oh no a bimbo with a gun” shoves anything else away….except of course WInston’s lovable quote “Thats a big twinkie”
Oh no! BImbo with a gun! Thats a big twinkie….where’s the beef? Repeat 500 times and this is what will be going on in my head for the next hour
the entry code for this entry is “pantly” don’t ask me why, but I rather like this word….”That was very pantly of you”