Lies & Illusions (2009)

Director
Tibor Takács

Main cast
Christian Slater; Cuba Gooding Jr.; Sarah Ann Schultz; Christa Campbell; Robert Giardina

Genres
Action, Comedy, Thriller

Description
When a menacing smuggler coolly insists that best-selling author Wes Wilson take a chauffeured backseat ride with him, Wilson's charmed life explodes into a world of violence and espionage, and he learns shocking truths about two women in his life.


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