Chicago – Steve Shill’s “Obsessed,” now on Blu-Ray and DVD, nearly works as a guilty pleasure thriller with some talented stars, but it’s so shockingly predictable and by-the-numbers that what starts promising quickly gets generic and dull. By the time the film gets to its explosive climax, most viewers will be too bored to care and a sub-par Blu-Ray release doesn’t help the overall package.

Blu-Ray Rating: 2.0/5.0 “The Wire“‘s Idris Elba does good work as Derek Charles, a successful financial advisor who gets the worst temp hire in the world when Lisa (Ali Larter) joins the company. Lisa immediately becomes sexually obsessed with Derek, trying to molest him at the Christmas holiday party, sending him dirty pictures, and even tracking him down on a work retreat. Beyonce Knowles plays Derek’s loving wife Sharon, a character who everyone who has ever seen a movie before knows is
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