Duplicity, as we learn, as the movie progresses, is a series of quickly rendering twists.
In fact the opening scene is probably just another of the twists, merely masquerading as an introduction to the main players, Ray Koval (Clive Owen) and Claire Stenwick (Julia Roberts), who are/were espionage agents, or so we are lead to believe.
Double crossings and red herrings abound as rival corporations vie to bring a secret new product to the market. For the wheeling and dealing that ensues you would be forgiven for thinking that the formula to eternal life was at stake. Not quite though.
Or at least apparently not.
