Obsessed

Drama/Suspense
2.5 stars
Not as good as Fatal Attraction, but a passable suspense thriller. Idris Elba stars as a successful businessman targeted by a stalker (Ali Larter). There’s plenty of suspense and men will like the big cat fight between Beyonce (as Elba’s wife) and Larter. The problem I had with the movie was that there was no background given of any of the characters, especially Larter’s and why she honed in on Elba in the first place. He seemed like a random victim that she targeted on first sight. Even her motivation wasn’t clear; you are left to assume it was just sexual attraction. I would have preferred something more sinister, say blackmail or an old grudge, or at the very least a real relationship between the stalker and “stalkee”. Still there’s some good suspense, and it wasn’t a terrible movie. It just didn’t live up to its potential.