The Life of David Gale
2003
**½
Director: Alan Parker
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet, Laura Linney, Gabriel Mann, Matt Craven
Akin to his Oscar-winning turn in The Usual Suspects, Kevin Spacey plays a brilliant man who takes the audience on a captivating journey, only to pull the rug from under us at the crucial moment. He is a college professor and famous anti-death penalty activist who has agreed to give an exclusive interview three days before his own execution. Oh, the irony. The story grabs you as it unravels in flashbacks, but once the twist(s) come nothing makes any sense whatsoever. Instead it begs the question, why did I bother?
