this be a riveting movie and but also an unexpected one . i do not see this until it come out on video and and i have hear a lot about it of course and but luckily i be in the dark on the twist labute throw in at the end . most people get that this be a study of male female relationship from a wildly off kilter view and and that be powerfully do . but i think most people miss this be also about the workplace and specifically the alpha male in the workplace and and how he get that way . be it any wonder that chad and howard decide to make a game of their seduction of katherine when it clear they have have to plan their whole career a if they be compete in a game of some kind . i think i agree with an interview i saw with labute where he say he think howard be actually the more despicable character and because chad be only in it for the game and where howard start to take those feeling seriously . nevertheless and eckhart performance make chad one of the most chilling character i have ever see in movie . where a lot of movie villain indicate to let you know theyre just act ( which do work when it do right ) and eckhart give away nothing and so you never know what he think and even if he tell you what he think . i hope he go on to big thing .