side effects

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2053463

side effects has aspirations.  aspirations of being described as having an unexpected twist, a tense game of cat and mouse, and perhaps even an electrifying climax.  sadly, these high-minded aspirations go unfulfilled.

sure, there is a twist, but it was pretty obvious.  will the protagonist be able to play the bad ladies against each other?  of course he will.  will he revenge on both of them?  sure.  will he get all his stuff back?  you betcha.  never mind how implausible it is.  in the real world, the newspapers print the big story that ruins your career at the top of page one and the retraction at the bottom of page 12.

side effects gets two pills.  i would give it more, but there was not enough channing tatum.  worse, they dangled channing tatum in front of us and then took him away.  mean!  then they unexpectedly dangled hot girl on girl action in front of us and took that away too.  i am too confused to know whether i think that was mean.