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All that I knew about the 2021 movie "Hide and Seek" as I sat down to watch it was that the movie was a thriller and that it had Jonathan Rhys Meyers on the cast list.

So I wasn't sure what to expect from writer and director Joel David Moore here with this 2021 thriller. In fact, you could say that I entered the movie with an open slate, so Joel David Moore had every opportunity to entertain and thrill me with his movie.

But ultimately that was not to be. Sure, "Hide and Seek" was watchable, but the storyline was just not particularly convincing or entertaining, and too many things didn't really make much of any sense. So as the movie came to an end, I have to say that I was left with a sense of 'was that truly it?'.

The acting performances in the movie were good, and I have to say that Jonathan Rhys Meyers really carried the movie quite well. Sue Jean Kim put on a good performance as well, just a shame that she wasn't given a more prominent role with more screen time. It was good to see Joe Pantoliano in the movie, though he was not given much of any screen time really.

For a thriller then "Hide and Seek" just didn't really cut it for me. The movie was too generic and held back by a storyline that made little sense a lot of the time. So if you enjoy thrillers, there are far better options readily available out there.

My rating of "Hide and Seek" lands on a very generous four out of ten stars.