The Tourist

A film starring one of my favorite Hollywood actress, Angelina Jolie, The tourist caught my attention when it opens on theaters here on our country. I was waiting on HBO to feature the film on a TV premiere. I really love watching movies of Angelina like Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Salt and this one, the tourist.

It was a story between Elise Ward who’s working with the London Police to hunt down Alexander Pearce, who is wanted for not paying £ 744 million back taxes and believed to have a $ 20 million plastic surgery to change his face appearance. The story started at cafe when Elise receives a letter from Alexander: board a train, pick someone and make the police believe that it is him. Elise burned the note and immediately goes to the train station just what Alexander said in to the letter. Police recovered the note and tried to rebuild it and they’ve got it. Inside the train, she sit inform of an American guy who named Frank Tupelo whom on the end will reveal a big twist.

            The story of the tourist has a big twist which I really like and caught my attention. For me, Frank Tupelo was thought to be referred as the tourist but on the ending of the movie, he was Alexander Pearce. The real tourist was the man who was also seen in the movie riding in the train and watching Elise Ward and Frank Tupelo. I was shock by the twist and laugh because the movie brings me to an adventure with the characters. The story was good because it was able to persuade me as an audience that Frank Tupelo, at first, is the tourist. In the movie, Frank Tupelo is also testing her love Elise, even though at first Elise is caring for him and following his instructions. It seems the movie was Frank’s game of throwing off his enemies so that none will be a hindrance to his plans.

            But I still like the movie. The movie has a trademark on the industry because it is not just conventional movie that you will know what will gonna happen even though they put the twist. This movie will bring the audience on a guessing game on who is the tourist. This is a good movie. I also like the acting of the characters especially Angelina Jolie. For me it raised the heat in the movie because of her poise on acting. I really like it. I feel that I’m also on the chase to Alexander Pearce. And when it comes to Alexander Pearce, he’s so mysterious that when he make his move he will capture Elise and believe as just a simple man that fell in love with her. Although I’m expecting on the film to have a sequel. It has also touches on what is happening today, financial crisis because of people who are greedy to money. Alexander Pearce is a greedy man because of stilling millions and billions of money. As in the tagline, The perfect trip, the prefect trap.