In a mountain town, it seems that things are not going well as they grapple with a series of kidnappings and killings. Now, a young man named Paul is a struggling writer who struggles with life differently. Paul works to preserve life as one day he meets a guy called Jack as Paul Jack offers a place to stay - and it quickly becomes acute over time. The duo together face a new framework as the storm cuts off the isolated cabin.
Thanks to tight direction by Brian Goodman and lively performances from Antonio Banderas and Jonathan Rhys Meyers, the film's engaging even when it's ridiculous.
Likely to divide audience with its twists and turns, but it's rarely dull, perhaps best appreciated as a higher minded exploitation effort than a brain-bleeder with occasionally iffy working parts.
Black Butterfly plays as little more than the act of snickering adolescents toying with their audience, complete with an insulting final scene that confirms the film as a total waste of time.
It doesn't make much sense up until [the third act], and once we do have an understanding of what was happening ... suddenly things stop making sense in a different way.
A charmless, nonsensical thriller that doubles as a hack screenwriter's wet dream, filled to the brim with faux-insights that wouldn't impress even the most inattentive college freshmen.
