The gruesome death of a prostitute brings suspicion on one of her clients, James Wayland, a brilliant, self-destructive and epileptic heir to a textile fortune. So detectives Braxton and Kennesaw take Wayland in for questioning, thinking they can break the man. But despite his troubles, Wayland is a master of manipulation, and during the interrogation, he begins to turn the tables on the investigators, forcing them to reveal their own sinister sides.
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Deceiver was released in 1997 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 44 reviews, giving Deceiver (1997) an average rating of 61%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 73%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 60%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Deceiver than critics were.
With a score of 61%, Deceiver is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1997, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 1997 with similar scores include films like Event Horizon, Tomorrow Never Dies and The Saint.
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