Very Cool!!!

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Antonio Banderas is great in this film, I don't get to see him in a lot these days, but he was good in this.Banderas plays Paul, a struggling novel writer who lives in a cabin in the woods or at least in a rural area in the country. One day, he drives along and picks up a seemingly average hitcher named Jack walking along, and decides in good faith to give him a lift to wherever he needs to go.The man seems friendly and needs a place to stay for the night, at Paul's cabin, Jack sees Paul's manuscript and expresses interest in helping Paul write on the script and whatever else Paul needs done around the cabin during his stay. Just then, Paul's world is turned upside down for the worst!I only got to see this at least once but I'm surprised I can still remember it pretty well, all though I'm a little fuzzy on the way things played out. I don't what to give away the twists in this, because the twists are very good and unpredictable.Johnathon Rhys Meyers is great as the mysterious Jack as well as Piper Parabo who plays Paul's associate in business.Overall a good unpredictable thriller that was refreshingly original, at least in concept. I would defiantly see this again, it is, I think, a re-watchable film at best.I give this a 7/10. Antonio Bandaras is very good with an equally good supporting cast. Highly recommended.

First off, I don't claim to be a genius when figuring out what twists and turns will occur in a film. That said, the plot of 'Black Butterfly' came as a complete surprise. I have uttered "Didn't see that coming" at a plot twist watching many a movie. A few times I have said it twice. This is the first time I have said it three times. If your cup of tea is a story that will take you by surprise, this is definitely a flick worth watching! And BTW, reviewers should NOT put a spoiler in their title, readers see it and it's too late to avoid.

When you had good actors and pretty good story, its hard to make mistake, but director of this movie was managed it. I m not sure what is the worst, directing or editing? I had a feeling the director and the editor were in some argue when they making the movie. So, when I saw reviews from other users I cant believe that was the same movie. Conclusion is: You can freely skip this movie. :(

I do not seen yet, "Papillon noir", the French movie with the ex-soccer player Eric Cantona acting in it (God save us all...), but i do have seen the two U.S. movies which this movie reminds me a lot of: Stephen King's "Misery" directed by Rob Reiner & the underrated "Bad Company" a.k.a. "The Nature of the Beast" in some countries, directed by Victor Salva and starring Eric Roberts & Lance Henriksen. The most funny thing about it, is that Jimmy Caan's character in "Misery" is called Paul (like Antonio Banderas in this flick) & Jonathan Rhys-Myers looks and acts like a young Eric Roberts. Apart from the obvious similarities, "Black Butterfly" tells a story of a Spanish veteran novelist & screenwriter, Pablo "Paul" Lopez (Antonio Banderas), isolated in a cabin located in a rural area where a serial killer is killing women. He was been boozing for years and have a writer's block and needs a good story to save him from bankruptcy. One day, Paul gives a lift to a drifter called Jack (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers), after he defends him from a brawl in the local diner and the grateful writer invites his savior to spend the night in his cabin. Things start to complicate when Jack develops a strange & violent behavior... Second motion picture helm'd by the actor-turned-director, Brian Goodman, "Black Butterfly" is a tepid thriller, pedestrian directed over lots of badly written dialogue and full of implausibilities & inaccuracies, with the gratuitous plot twists lurking on, like in every flick of this over-saturated genre. Even if the viewer have never seen the movies above-mentioned, this thriller is so predictable and unimaginative that without its screen stars which deliver OK performances and a certain intriguing 3rd act it would be thrash bin. Well, an intriguing 3rd act who is devastated by a lousy and downright terrible, end. On a positive note: it's way better than the other flick that the 'washed-out' Antonio Banderas (he's been downhill since his divorce from Melanie Griffith) released this year, "Security", that one is just an unwatchable mess. I didn't watch "Salty" yet, but judging Banderas' latest efforts, i'm afraid to lose my time and money on it. Jonathan Rhys-Meyers have a watchable quality in him, but he needs to find another agent and Piper Perabo shows that she aged (unlike her acting skills). In short, "Black Butterfly" is a passable thriller only for the less demanding viewers, for the others, please don't spend your hard earned money on this one.