Sep 21 2009'Messages Deleted' Trailer: Oh, Crap, Where Did My Messages Go!?
From the writer of Phone Booth and Cellular--a man determined as shit to make the phone a more popular device in the thriller genre--here's the trailer for the pseudo-ominously titled Messages Deleted.
In this masturbatory effort, Matthew Lillard stars as a screenwriter who gets caught up in string of senseless killings--which, oddly enough, closely resemble the senseless killings in one of his screenplays, Senseless Killings. So what does Matthew Lillard do about that? He shoots a bow, obviously:
I don't quite get the "Messages Deleted" title. It seems like he was almost done banging out the script's final cliché when he suddenly remembered how much he loves phones as a theme, and hastily tossed in a few scenes with an answering machine.
Still, I applaud his insistence on leaving behind a legacy of phone films. Though, if he's serious about this, he should probably do a little research into modern telecommunication technologies. The move from Phone Booth to Cellular was a step in the right direction, but now he's gone back to answering machines? I don't even know anyone who owns an answering machine anymore. If he keeps this up, his next film is going to be "Time of Day Service."
Reader Comments
1. Pj - September 21, 2009 5:31 PM
First!!!
2. Brandon - September 21, 2009 5:39 PM
douche.... I wish you would get shot with a bow......... first...... and second
3. Cinema Obsessed - September 21, 2009 6:02 PM
Might skip this one... we already had One Missed Call.. .that's one cell phone thriller too many...
4. The LC - September 21, 2009 6:19 PM
Matthew Lillard starring in a movie!?
I'm sold!
5. ELH - September 21, 2009 7:47 PM
My friends grandfather is the writer... Yay, Larry Cohen
6. Ben - September 23, 2009 2:54 AM
I wish ol matt would star in an SLC Punk 2.. SLC had to be the peak of his career. And to think it was at the beginning of his career too! What happened matt, you poser!