The movie 'Deception, which was released on DVD last week, is very transparent. Hugh Jackman plays Wyatt Bose, a charismatic two-bit hustler, pretending to be a lawyer, looking for the big score. He thinks he has found the answer to his prayers in the meek, earnest accountant Jonathon McQuarry, played by Ewan McGregor.

Jonathon is working late one night, when Mr. Bose introduces himself and the two become fast friends while sharing a joint. Do high price lawyers carry marijuana around in their pockets all day and invite total strangers to indulge with them? It seems a little far-fetched to me, but that is how the bond is created. Wyatt invites Jonathon for a game of tennis at an exclusive tennis club. Actually, this is one of the more believable scenes in this predictable movie. The two movie stars actually look like they know how to play tennis. After tennis the two go out for a drink in a sleazy looking hooker den. They end the night with Jonathon claiming he has had a great day and Hugh Jackman being dropped off to have some anonymous sex with Natasha Henstridge.

Wyatt and Jonathon are next seen lunching together when Wyatt gets a call saying there is urgent business in London that will need his attention for a couple of weeks. This is where the set-up begins. Wyatt and Jonathon have the same kind of cell phones and the games begin. They accidentally swap mobile phones. Through the use of Wyatt’s cell phone, Jonathon is connected to an underground sex club for the privileged and wealthy. He likes it, a lot. Then he meets someone through the sex club that he knows (actually he's seen her on the subway platform once) S, played by Michelle Williams and admits to her he could not stop thinking about her. I don’t know about you, but I have seen many people in crowds and never obsessed over them the way he claims he did. This is all part of Wyatt’s spectacular and brilliant scheme to cash in big and retire from the life of crime. This movie is a bit Basic Instinct combined with a lot of Entrapment. The twists are cumbersome and poorly plotted. Hugh Jackman does make a decent sociopath, but there is not that much to really enjoy from this movie.

If you are in the mood for a bit of predictable R rated suspense, or there is not much on the rental shelf that sparks an interest, this could pass about 90 minutes of your free time. I suggest you go out and play a game of tennis instead. The big questions I asked myself when the movie ended were: 1. Who is Natasha Henstridge’s agent and what have they done to her career? And 2, who would have thought that Michelle Williams could actually look so sexy? I am not usually one to grade movies, but I will grace this movie with a 2 out of 4.