The Skulls
Directed by Rob Cohen.
Starring Joshua Jackson, Leslie Bibb.
The Skulls is based on the (true) premise that there are secret societies that college students can join. Joshua Jackson plays Luke McNamara, a poor white trash boy who has worked his way through college and now wants a short cut to law school. If The Skulls, the most elite of the campus secret societies, choose him they will pay his tuition and he’ll be set for life. So what happens? He gets accepted into The Skulls and his friends get annoyed that he isn’t divulging secrets about the secret society (although they wanted him to be accepted in the first place). Then one of them dies under suspicious circumstances. Was it The Skulls? Of course. Why? Because they are a bunch of low down elitist snobs who think they can do anything. Does our young hero Luke try and unravel the shallow mystery? Sure thing. Can one poor but intelligent young man bring an entire, well established, secret society to its knees? Of course! Is there a twist? Yes. But not a very interesting one.
This film has two things going for it. Joshua Jackson (of Dawson’s Creek), who can actually act, and its unintentionally hilarious plot and dialogue. If these two things interest you, go check it out, otherwise The Skulls is a truly predictable film.
DD
