Absolute Deception

Absolute Deception

She thought she had the perfect life

Directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith

Produced by Limelight International Media Entertainment, ARO Entertainment

201392 min5.1 / 10

A tense thriller about uncovering hidden truths and financial conspiracy, driven by mystery and paranoia rather than character depth.

A widowed reporter recruits the help of a federal agent to investigate her late husband's secrets, but the two become the target of unknown attackers. When FBI Agent John Nelson’s key informant, Miles, is abducted and shot, all that’s left is a severed finger. In order to find a new lead, Nelson travels to New York City to inform widowed magazine reporter Rebecca Scott that her long dead husband, Miles, had only recently been murdered to see if she had heard from him in recent years. Perplexed, Scott joins Agent Nelson in the wealthy enclave of Australia’s Gold Coast to find out what really happened. The two soon discover Miles may have been part of an elaborate “Ponzi scheme” to bilk investors, and a vengeful billionaire, out of millions of dollars. As more layers of Miles’ secret life are exposed, can the two stay ahead of the mysterious attackers who will stop at nothing to halt their investigation?

Questions people ask

  • Is Absolute Deception scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 72% of films.

  • Is Absolute Deception violent? Somewhat. More violent than 59% of films.

  • Is Absolute Deception sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Does Absolute Deception end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Absolute Deception easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

13/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity31

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise9

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love5

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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