**1/2 – What is the deal with every movie that involves any sort of murder or intrigue being billed as a ‘thriller’? Does that term draw in so much more business that movie studios need to continually and blatantly lie about the content of their product? I can’t imagine that is the case. In this particular instance – 2009’s “Don McKay” – the term thriller is so out of place that I am tempted to knock some points off its rating. I would put this film more in the slow-paced mystery drama category, as the only thing even remotely resembling thrilling action would be when Elisabeth Shue clubs someone to death with a frozen roast. Does that put it in the same league as films like “Bullitt” and “Psycho”? I think not. Anyway, despite its bald-faced false billing, this movie wasn’t so bad. It starred the three-named sidekick guy from “Sideways” as a loser janitor who goes back to his hometown after he learns his high school sweetheart is dying. But things are not quite as they seem in idyllic Mount Raven (which I assume is in Massachusetts), as the lead character finds himself wrapped up in murder, blackmail and intrigue. The plot takes some interesting twists and turns, ends kind of oddly, but is fairly entertaining overall. It’s just not a thriller is all I’m saying.
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