A must see for all Jonathan Rhys Meyers fans wanting to see a little more....of his acting in the beginning of his career.
"He is young and ambitious and needs to have it all no matter what it cost him or who he hurts" He's the guy your mother warned you about.

I thought this movie was great. It is not a major Hollywood Blockbuster, but is is a very good "film noir" of sorts. Shawn Hatosy plays the main character,David, and is by far the weakest actor in this cast, but it works very well for the plot, and may be on purpose. David is in love with Jenny (Rachael Leigh Cook)and whe he introduces her to Alan (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers)who is and old friend, at some sort of family reunion. They (Jenny & Alan) become an item very quickly. The problem being Alan has a habit of leaving people devastated in his past, and David is worried the same will become of Jenny. That is when the plot starts to thicken. I would love to say more but I do not want to give anything away. I am not a fan of (Rachael Leigh Cook) but I thought she did very well in this film and the twists the plot takes are worth the watch multiple times. Jonathan Rhys-Meyers turns in his usual fantastic preformance. The directing is very good, and some interesting camera angles keep the eye entertained.
I can definately reccommend this as a nice addition to any DVD collection.

Tangled (Jay Lowi, 2001)

Shawn Hatosy has been doing the character-actor thing in Hollywood for a long time. Lowi, in his first feature film, gives Hatosy a starring role, and pairs him opposite established stars Rachael Leigh Cook (Antitrust) and Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Titus), as well as throwing Lorraine Bracco (The Sopranos) into the mix-- and he still can't come up with a good movie.

Now, I'll watch Jonathan Rhys Meyers in anything, and I have, and I still had trouble with this mess. The basic idea: David Klein (Hatosy) wakes up in a hospital with a police detective (Bracco) at his side. It seems Kelin's girlfriend Jenny (Cook) and his best friend Alan Hammond (Meyers) are both missing from the wreckage of Hammond's car, where Klein was found. Klein relates the story of the relationship between the three of them to the detective, piecemeal, with scenes from the present intercut.

Predictable, boring, cliched, two-dimensional, need I go on? If the ending of Jodi Picoult novels comes as a shock to you, you may find the big reveal here to be a surprise. No one else will. * ½

I thought... what the heck, I'll watch it. So I did. I loved it. I was SO surprised none of the critics liked it. It was well made and the characters are all rather believable. I was surprised at how many bad reviews it got. I thought it was rather good.

Shawn Hatosy (The Faculty, Outside Providence) is in love with Rachael Leigh Cook (She's All That, Antitrust) but she doesnt love him, she only wants to be his friend, then enter Hatosy's friend, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers (Tv's Elvis, Velvet Goldmine) who becomes Cook's boyfriend and Hatosy becomes jealous from this....who hasnt gotten made when a friend seduces the girl you love....you know what, who cares really. Hatosy tells the story in flashback telling the story to cop Lorraine Bracco (The Sopranos, Medicine Man). This boring story has no likable characters and invokes really thin interest with me. Cook is really stale, Hatosy, as much as a good actor he is is rendered dull and Meyers plays another sleaze ball like in most of his thrillers. Worth a look and by god Im not looking again and towards the end you're like....WHY I DID I RENT THIS?!!. Also starring Estella Warren (Planet of the Apes remake).