Review of Deception (2008) by ?Horrorfan? . — 24 Jun 2009

Nights are long and lonely for corporate accountant Jonathan McQuarry (Ewan McGregor) who moves from company to company checking financial figures. When outgoing attorney Wyatt Bose (Hugh Jackman) befriends the retiring number cruncher Jonathan welcomes the outlet and finds comfort I having someone to turn to.

Wyatt takes Jonathan out to his first club in New York, a place filled with possibilities for those in a particular tax bracket. As Jonathan is traveling home on the subway later he sees a woman with an S' initialed on her purse.

Jonathan discovers that he and Wyatt have accidentally exchanged phones and several calls have been women simply asking "Are you free tonight?" Wyatt, away on business tells Jonathan to have a good time, knowing that the calls are from female members of The List, a club that is comprised of professionals such as stock brokers, magazine editors, lawyers and other professionals.

Jonathan meets several of the women for private trysts and at one point the girl he had seen on the subway arrives. Refusing to give her real name, S (Michelle Williams) is out of the ordinary, a seeming tender, sensitive individual whom Jonathan can relate to on many levels.

After several dates without sex they decide to go to a hotel in China Town. Jonathan is knocked unconscious by an unknown assailant and when he awakes discovers that S has disappeared. When the Police arrive Jonathan is suspected of the murder and many days go past as the accountant goes about his regular activities, until one day Wyatt Bose appears and instructs Jonathan that S has been kidnapped and that to get her free he must transfer 20 Million Dollars from ghost accounts at the next accounting firm he is to work at.

Jonathan agrees but not before he gets some valuable information on Wyatt that he tries to use against the criminal.