Looking Glass (2018)

I rented this from Red Box.

So what's the story? Well, Ray (played by Cage) and his wife Maggie are trying to escape their past and get a new start on life after the death of their daughter. They make a deal with an old man to take over his motel. So they move out, get set up and start running a motel in a strange little town. But things are... odd around those parts. Ray begins to notice the odd behavior of the people but he doesn't understand what's going on.

Well while working on the pool service room, he discovers a secret tunnel that leads to behind the mirror of room 10 at his motel. And the mirror is a 1 way mirror allowing him to spy on whatever goes on in that room. He starts using it to watch an old trucker get it on with his various prostitutes for the night, as well as watches a lesbian bdsm scene. However, things start to get even crazier after one of those lesbians turns up dead on the news from murder. A dead pig sliced down the middle appears inside the pool, red paint is thrown on his windows, and he gets caught in a spiraling mess out of control of trying to figure out just what the hell is going on, keeping his wife safe, keeping his own little secret, and trying to stay sane. All the while trying to do his own investigation to find out what happened to the murdered lesbian.


Sounds like a decent suspense thriller from that, right? Well yeah, and the film does have it's high points. Just the bad thing is this film has poor pacing. And often times it just drags on, and is boring. Also, despite the premise of a voyeur one way mirror and a lesbian sex scene... there is disappointingly next to no nudity in the movie. Hell the lesbians are pretty much fully clothed as they choke each other and kiss. There is one moment while Cage and his wife Maggie (played by Robin Tunney) where you see her tits. But that's it. Just a couple of shots of Robin's tits. And she's no stranger to getting nude on camera.
For a rated R film with a subject matter like this, you'd think their would be more nudity...
The acting in the film is decent, with Cage again being the best performance. And I will admit that the film does keep you guessing till the end just what the hell is going on and who the murderer is. It does a decent job at that. But it just drags on too long and feels boring at times.
It's an all right film. But really could have used some work and polish.
I give it a 3 out of 5 stars.

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Mistake Status: Skimmed while rented. May buy all Nick Cage movies in the future to go back to.

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