Columbus Circle Movie Review

Director: George Gallo

Genre: Thriller
Running Time: 82 minutes

Cast: Selma Blair, Amy Smart, Jason Lee, Giovanni Ribisi

Synopsis:

Abigail Clayton, a very wealthy heiress who lives a secluded life within the comforts of her lofty apartment for almost twenty years. Her life turns upside down after the death of her elderly neighbor. A homicide detective starts an investigation regarding the incident suspecting that it is a homicide case. A few days after the incident, a couple move in the apartment formerly occupied by the elderly woman. Abigail witnesses some beatings between the couple and she eventually helps the woman. Little did she know that this would lead her in great danger.

Reaction:

One word for this film, LAME. Poorly done script with so many loopholes. The characters are not well executed. Take the case of Abigail Clayton. She had some childhood troubles before she decided to live almost twenty years of her life inside a big well-furnace apartment. She only has outside contact through her doctor and the hotel concierge. Instead of making some connections to the audience with her troubled past, her past becomes irrelevant. Her character is not developed well. In addition, Giovanni Ribisi's character is not really significant in the film.

There are some revealing twists in the film but they are not remarkable at all. The last twist which is somewhat comical in which the agoraphobic Abigail decided to come out after years of seclusion. Such a drastic transition in her character in a matter of a short period of time is really unbelievable. In the end, she appears as a woman with full of courage and confidence, something she lacks almost the entire course of the film. There are still several scenes in the film that are not well thought of. There is nothing much remarkable in this film except the part in which you want to uncover those villains. Other than that, this is another forgettable film. 

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