Exposed

2016
R
1h 42m

IMDb RATING

4.3/10

17K

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Keanu Reeves and Ana de Armas in Exposed (2016)

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Crime Drama Mystery Thriller

A police detective investigates the truth behind his partner's death. The mysterious case reveals disturbing police corruption and a dangerous secret involving an unlikely young woman.A police detective investigates the truth behind his partner's death. The mysterious case reveals disturbing police corruption and a dangerous secret involving an unlikely young woman.A police detective investigates the truth behind his partner's death. The mysterious case reveals disturbing police corruption and a dangerous secret involving an unlikely young woman.

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IMDb RATING

4.3/10

17K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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Official Trailer

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'Exposed': Talk to Me

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Exposed: Talk To Me

Featurette 0:38

Exposed: Mira Sorvino On Her Character

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Exposed: Keanu Reeves On His Character

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Trivia
The original story was a surreal bi-lingual drama, reminiscent of Pan's Labyrinth (2006) and Irreversible (2002) that focused on child abuse, violence towards women, mass incarceration and police violence committed under the color of authority. However, the movie was sold to Lionsgate Premiere, which thought it had been sold a Keanu Reeves cop thriller. During the editing process, Lionsgate Premiere changed the story's focus to center on Reeves' character, and changed the movie into a generic crime-thriller. Gee Malik Linton wrote and directed the film, but since Lionsgate Premiere and the producers edited the film without his approval, The Directors Guild of America (DGA) allowed him to take his name off the credits. He is still listed as writer, but his directing credit is listed as "Declan Dale".

Goofs
Jose wraps the pork butt in a plastic bag rather than butcher paper. Reputable butchers always use butcher paper, rather than plastic, which is nonporous.

Quotes
Detective Galban: There's this girl, she knows what happened. What am I going to do, bring her in? She'd be dead in a week.

Alternate versions
The writer/director intended the movie to be a dual language, Spanish/English social drama about violence towards women and child abuse. The producers instead turned the movie into Keanu Reeves cop thriller. An alternate version that follows the director's vision was edited by Roman Polanski's longtime editor, Hervé de Luze

Connections
Referenced in Diminishing Returns Diminisodes: Keanuvember: The Canadian Keanu Reeves History Podcast (2021)

Soundtracks
Cosas de la Noche
Written by Miguel Eugenio Gonzalez & Pablo E. Gonzalez Yermenos
Performed by M. Eye
Courtesy of The Emerald Tablets

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Featured review

See it until the End, before you decide if it is good or bad...

This is a movie that resembles a puzzle, in the sense that it has pieces that initially seem unrelated but in the end everything falls in place and you get the whole picture that it probably eluded you at the beginning.

The problem is that you don't know (or at least suspect) from the start that is such a movie, so for the most part you will feel cheated or at least disappointed.

Exposed had initially a different name which might be more suitable: "Daughter of God". Also the studio thought that they bought a police/crime/thriller starring Keanu Reeves. Don't be fooled, this not the case. The movie is far from a regular police drama.

Ana de Armas who starred with Reeves in the movie Knock-Knock gives a satisfying performance, but because of the somehow confusing premise, you might miss it. This time Keanu Reeves fails to give a good performance and in some scenes (like with Christopher McDonald who plays his Lieutenant) you might even notice him ...smirking despite the seriousness of the scene. Mira Sorvino is also in this and she is OK in a not-so-demanding role though.

Overall: This is not a poilice/crime/thriller. It is more like a psychological drama and I advise you to start thinking from the beginning about what is going on. Also stay with it, until the end, where all the pieces of the puzzle come together. Then you will see that it was a satisfying movie after all.