Sadly Over-hyped

Expected more

What begins as a feel-good-human-interest story turns into a mystery, then a tragedy, and ultimately an outrage.

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

Zipper wants to be sleazy political thriller. It stars Patrick Wilson as a sex addicted state prosecutor Sam Ellis who is being groomed to climb the political ladder.Ellis has a loving wife, Jeannie (Lena Headey) whose powerful and wealthy family has the political connections that her husband needs.Sam quickly goes from internet porn to using an high class exclusive escort agency which is under investigation by the FBI. A suspicious journalist Coaker (Ray Winstone) threatens to expose Ellis's infidelities.Wilson once again goes out on a limb as a charming but shady character who in the end might still have not learned from his mistakes.He is hampered by a spotty script which goes nowhere apart from pleading that politicians are just like ordinary citizens with weaknesses. However politicians have a irritating habit of telling people how to live their lives despite their own moral shortcomings and when they get caught, they can use their power and wealth to keep it hidden.

This film tells the story of a married lawyer with a promising political career, who gets side tracked by experiences with ladies from an escort agency."Zipper" keeps me engaged because the I like the story. The first half is more erotic while the second half is more of a thriller. How Patrick Wilson does a good job portraying his character, who lets his urges overtake his sensibility. His guilt in the diner with the reporter is piercingly good. I think the story is well presented, easy to follow and engaging. The scenes are nicely shot as well. I enjoyed watching "Zipper"!

I had this movie sitting in my drive for awhile. I knew about the premise (i.e. some hot shot lawyer who cheats repeatedly on his wife) and I wasn't interest.Well...after seeing it, this is overall a good movie because of the strong performances and some semi-provocative little twists near the end that, although predictable, they show some hard truths about the values of the world we are living and how easy is to disavow our values for things that are in the end meaningless.Despite the numerous sexual encounters of the main character the film is not erotic or sensual but focuses into his fear and his inner struggle with his newly developed passion that might cost him everything, his job, his family.But the world we are living ...it is what it is, and in the end, everyone will play the role that he or she supposed to play...Overall: Check it out.

Mora Stephens' Zipper is inspired by politicians like Bill Clinton and John Edwards,whose careers are highlighted by their involvement in sex scandals.It stars Patrick Wilson and Lena Heady.The screenplay involves a legal prosecutor who is running for office that develops an addiction towards escorts after refusing an affair with a beauteous intern.Sam Ellis is on the rise as a lawyer.He has developed a great career as a legal prosecutor.He definitely has a bright future if he pursues a political career and runs for public office.After refusing an affair with a beautiful intern,he unfortunately develops an obsessive compulsion towards high-class prostitutes working as escorts.He now finds himself in danger of losing it all after his benefactors call upon him to run as Congressman.After a well-known journalist and his wife discover his addiction,he promises them to keep himself in check only for the viewer to realize in the end that overcoming himself is far from the truth.No question that the story was predictable and typical of its genre.Added to that,it tried to present many themes instead of trying to focus on a particular message.But what the deficiencies the screenplay it may have was made up by the depth of the characters involved in it.The viewer realize that Sam Ellis' needs aren't met by her wife despite how much she has helped him in his career as a lawyer.We also learn the Sam's wife was once involved in an affair before they were married.The escorts were great people who tried to meet the emotional needs of their customers that was missing from their marriage.Credit should also be given to the performances of the cast particularly Patrick Wilson,Lena Heady and Ray Winstone as Sam,Sam's wife and the journalist respectively.In the end,character depth and the performances were reasons to see this movie despite its screenplay.