It seems like I have seen a lot of Mel Gibson movies here lately. Well, this 10-year old movie, Conspiracy Theory, was very interesting. Mel Gibson's character, Jerry Fletcher acts a little peculiar on the order of TV detective Adrian) Monk. One reviewer writes, “Mel Gibson's character isn't exactly like Monk - more like a super hyperactive and politically paranoid "Monk." He fits right in with Oliver Stone and the rest of the "conspiracy" freaks. Stone, in fact, would like this film since it gives credence to these paranoid fantasies and gives several cheap shots to conservatives along the way.”
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In this movie Gibson's character is also a little bit of the Fugitive. He might be also a little like the TV Pretender, that guy who escapes the Center as an adult where was raised and developed by the Center using his prodigious skills in various simulations. All of this occurred after he was taken from his parents as a young prodigy.
In this movie apparently the CIA psychiatrist, Dr. Jonah, who had been performing experiments on Jerry Fletcher (Mel Gibson's character) and who wants to apprehend Jerry to find out what he knows apparently about having been programmed to be an assassin.
At the beginning of the movie we find Mel Gibson's character incessantly talking to his cab riders. He recites one conspiracy theory after another. He writes a quarterly newsletter, which he calls Conspiracy Theory, for a whopping five subscribers. Interwoven throughout the movie is his interaction and interrelationship with a U.S. Justice Department attorney played by Julia Roberts.
The movie is a little complicated, but has a lot of intrigue, adventure, suspense and even a little romance. Overall it is a story of good versus evil and the irony that Jerry Fletcher is himself caught up in a conspiracy. A conspiracy to capture him is a main plot of the movie.
I think that there are some rogue CIA, FBI, Justice Department, court and police shenanigans going on today. This movie gives us a glimpse into some of that evil underworld. It is the story of corruption in government.
In this movie apparently the CIA psychiatrist, Dr. Jonah, who had been performing experiments on Jerry Fletcher (Mel Gibson's character) and who wants to apprehend Jerry to find out what he knows apparently about having been programmed to be an assassin.
At the beginning of the movie we find Mel Gibson's character incessantly talking to his cab riders. He recites one conspiracy theory after another. He writes a quarterly newsletter, which he calls Conspiracy Theory, for a whopping five subscribers. Interwoven throughout the movie is his interaction and interrelationship with a U.S. Justice Department attorney played by Julia Roberts.
The movie is a little complicated, but has a lot of intrigue, adventure, suspense and even a little romance. Overall it is a story of good versus evil and the irony that Jerry Fletcher is himself caught up in a conspiracy. A conspiracy to capture him is a main plot of the movie.
I think that there are some rogue CIA, FBI, Justice Department, court and police shenanigans going on today. This movie gives us a glimpse into some of that evil underworld. It is the story of corruption in government.
RATING
gregjaye rates the movie **** of *****. The movie is worthwhile watching. Overall as the reviewer quoted above comments, “Political propaganda-aside, this is a fun movie to watch . . .”
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