What gets left out of the description is the 33 minutes at the beginning of the movie where Verhoeven is fawned over by various people as he explains how the script for the film was constructed.
The screenwriter wrote only the first 4 pages.
The rest pf the narrative arc was crowd-sourced, and - like anything crowd-sourced - it's profoundly mediocre.
Crowds don't make great art.
Only gifted individuals do.
Lots of effort for not much benefit.
So, keep in mind: the fictional movie itself is only about an hour long - and there are no surprises - just Paul Verhoeven congratulating himself on being so hip and smart.
Review of Tricked
