Pursued (2004)

Gil Bellows plays a "genius" whose importance to his company is critical, and he is pursued by a headhunter. The headhunter is nuts. So far so good.His boss, to whom his loyalty is unswerving, has supposedly invested $8.5 million into this new company and yet Gil's wife complains they can't afford a new washing machine. Why is he so loyal then? He's clearly getting shafted! At one point he is also told to take a potential investor to lunch and to spend big to give the impression that they are "rolling in dough." $8.5 million buys a lot of lunch.Bellow's wife seems to be dumber than most of the contents of their fridge, if not all. Her character is completely unbelievable, in her level of trust to the headhunter, in her lack of trust of her husband, in her failure to show any response at all when it is clear to everyone the headhunter is a maniac. If I was Bellows I would have killed her myself. She is as horrible and shallow as she is dumb. And Bellow's character is no less dumb at times. He gets a gift from someone he hates for his daughter and yet he gives it to her. Nobody would do that. Nobody. His instant conversion to Bale's buddy is equally ludicrous.Every frame of this movie is ridiculous, with a climax where we are supposed to believe that the athletic, psychopathic and armed headhunter is defeated by the gawky and geeky Bellows, who looks like he can barely manage to break into a run. I'd bet the house on the headhunter winning that one 10 times out of 10.Appalling movie, worth watching only to laugh at its inanity. Especially good are the "techno" sections. At one point there is a screen displaying binary in a huge font, as if that's useful to anybody. Maybe the high (low) point of the movie.

Christian Slater does an adorable good guy but there's nothing better than Christian Slater doing a lunatic. He did a very good job of that in this movie. I thought the movie was well written and had a very good storyline. A good case for someone who needs psychiatric medication taking a less stressful job. lol. A very clever bad guy is outmaneuvered by the good guy. I supposed that was the only fly in the ointment here. It would be nice to see the bad guy win for once. Especially in this case where the bad guy worked so hard for it. lol. Lots of action in this movie, which of course, Christian Slater does so well. I'll probably end up watching it at least one more time, maybe two.

The movie has its interesting points, but the writers left a lot of bad gaps in the plot. Ben Keats is a character who is too laid back, has no spine, and is apparently not very intelligent. It becomes quite an unbelievable story given that he is supposed to be one of the best management people in the United States.The pace of the movie is quite slow, the twists are not unexpected, and basically its a movie about someone who is a complete pushover playing opposite a great Christian Slater role. He's comparable to his role in Very Bad Things, only the supporting cast is not even comparable.This movie really has no redeeming qualities, and I somewhat wish I could just have the two hours of my life back that I lost. It's not Bellows' fault, the character is just terribly written.

I 'pursued' this movie with low expectations but was presently surprised.It is a fast paced thriller with a good flow. The pursuer will do any thing to get the pursued recruited. Good acting from every one in general with specially good one from Ben in the movie.One question is why the wife is so immature to not trust her husband and find it good when a stranger keeps giving free gifts. Also, the police can be brought on if some one is stalked the way it is sown in the movie.Its a neat movie which slowly goes into the violent aspect without being totally unreal. Good editing is of of the strong points. Over all, if you are looking for a movie which would give mild thrill without testing your brain too much and yet be slick and cool, its very much perfect.