Public Access

REVIEW
An intriguing but ultimately unfulfilled thriller, Public Access is the promising first feature film by director Singer and writer Christopher McQuarrie (The Usual Suspects). The slickly handsome Marquette is Whiley Pritcher, an enigmatic stranger who comes to the sleepy town of Brewster with a mission: to expose its dark underbelly and tear apart the town from within. He buys time on the local public access channel, hosting a show called "Our Town," and asks the question, "What's wrong with Brewster?" Soon a bevy of semi-lunatic callers tell on their neighbors, threatening to uncover a scandal lurking beneath Brewster's surface. Though Singer and McQuarrie fail to find a satisfying resolution to the questions they pose, the ending is nevertheless thought-provoking and unique.