Deception

Deception

When you're in this world, no one is who they seem, and everyone is playing the game.

R 2008 · 107 min · ★ 6.0 · Thriller, Mystery

As a corporate auditor who works in a number of different offices, Jonathan McQuarry wanders without an anchor among New York's power brokers. A chance meeting with charismatic lawyer Wyatt Bose leads to Jonathan's introduction to The List, an underground sex club. Jonathan begins an affair with a woman known only as S, who introduces Jonathan to a world of treachery and murder.

Directed by Marcel Langenegger · Written by Mark Bomback

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Ewan McGregor Jonathan McQuarry
Hugh Jackman Wyatt Bose
Michelle Williams S
Natasha Henstridge Simone Wilkinson
Charlotte Rampling Wall Street Belle
Bruce Altman Lawyer #1
Andrew Ginsburg Lawyer #2
Stephanie Roth Haberle Assistant Controller
Dante Spinotti Herr Kleiner / Mr. Moretti
Karolina Muller Waitress
Deborah Yates Tango Dancer
LisaGay Hamilton Detective Russo

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