A Dark Truth

One movie that many of you probably do not remember, or have not seen, is the 90´s classic motion picture Things To Do In Denver When You´re Dead. With a cast of Andy Garcia, Christopher Lloyd, Treat Williams, Steve Buscemi, Christopher Walken and many others, it had so many cool characters, and a great story also. Andy Garcia have been in some early classic movies over the years, but you do not see him very often nowdays. Director Damian Lee, is mostly known for directing low budget movies like Sacrifice including Cuba Gooding Jr. Does A Dark Truth offer us something fresh, or is this business as usual ?

Jack Begosian ( Andy Garcia ) is an ex-CIA Operative, who now works as a talk show host, on a radio station. Taking people´s calls, he tries to make listeners feel interested. Jack is contacted by Morgan Swinton ( Deborah Kara Unger ). She needs his help, to expose her company’s cover-up of a massacre in a South America village. While he is getting closer to the truth, Jack is also closer of ending up dead.

It is a shame that a movie with some great actors like this one, does not offer anything special. The plot is simply boring, even if there are some action sequences along the way. A Dark Truth reminds me of a Saturday night Tv movie with Jeff Fahey, just like we would be back in 2001 again. You simply don´t care about the hard issues presented here, just because they are not very believable. A dull film, that is saved by some good actors ( including Forest Whitaker ), but they don´t really care about this either. Make sure you watch Things To Do In Denver When You´re Dead instead, this is exactly what a home cinema experience should be like.

Rating: DD