MierdaDeToro Review of Obsessed

Obsessed (2009)

How Many Movies Did They Watch Before They Made This?

[6/10 · 14 October 2009]

I had to buy this DVD, as I am a big Ali Larter fan. After seeing the trailer, I expected a predictable stalker film (i.e. Fatal Attraction, Poison Ivy). When I saw the back cover of the DVD saying, "Experience The Beyonce Mania", I thought, "mm-hmm, marketing ploy; I'll bet the whole soundtrack is her, too" (which, surprisingly, it wasn't). This is the same thing that happens when you put LL Cool J in a movie. Anyway, the general synopsis is: White Chick obsesses over black guy; black guy hides truth from apparently overbearing wife; wife finds out and kicks him out; wife finds out the real truth; wife goes after White Chick. Completely by-the-numbers. The font used in the opening titles looks exactly like the Lifetime Movie font (a hint of things to come?), and the movie has not-so-subtle hints of "The Hand That Rocks The Cradle", particularly when Larter is in the house handling the baby (for a second, I thought she was actually going to start breast-feeding him), and in the ending fight scene, as well; half of which takes place in an attic, just like "Cradle" (although there is a "Kill Bill" moment when Larter wields a floor lamp and uses it like a ninja sword). And let's not forget Larter falling through a glass table at the end (the same way Billy Campbell dies in "Enough"...without the whole chandelier thing, of course; the chandelier is more "War Of The Roses"). Throw in the requisite cheesy one-liners, courtesy of Beyonce, and you have an over-boiling cauldron of cliché stew. Overall, I actually enjoyed the movie in a no-brainer sort of way, even if it is predictable as hell, right down to the title. Anyone looking for originality should steer clear of this movie, but if you like campy, thrilling stalker-fun, this just might be for you.