Tangled is a 2001 American romantic thriller film directed by Jay Lowi and starring Rachael Leigh Cook, Shawn Hatosy, and Jonathan Rhys Meyers.

The plot is told from the end from David (Hatosy) found unable to remember what led him to be in hospital.

The film flicks between present and past with use of flashbacks to describe the friendship and the love triangle between David, Jenny (Cook) and Alan (Rhys Meyers).

Claiming that he and his girlfriend have been kidnapped, a frantic David is interviewed by police detectives, Anders and Nagle (Lorraine Brocco and Dwayne Hill).

Because David claims memory loss, the police ask him what time he remembers waking up the day before.

They receive a hang-up call from Alan (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) who, unbeknownst to them, is observing them from across the street.

The film resumes in the present when David tells the detectives that he has known Alan for quite some time, having met him in college.

Although Jenny enjoys their friendship, she makes it clear that David's romantic feelings are not returned and dates many other men.

Eager to broker a reconciliation, Alan tricks Jenny and David into accompanying him on a trip to the woods.

Alan then takes them on a tour of the property, telling the story of the former owner, a wealthy man with two sons whose rivalry ends in murder.

The three end up staying the night in the abandoned house and have a ménage à trois of sorts.

When they return to school, Alan sets David up with Elise (Estella Warren), a girl who has no interest in literature or poetry.

Shortly thereafter, Jenny receives a call from her estranged father who suggests a dinner date.

Alan is sentenced to eighteen months for drug possession and is institutionalized for a time after his release.

Detective Anders briefly puts David under arrest, feeling that he is responsible for what happened.

David claims that Alan kidnaps both he and Jenny, tying both of them up and driving them back to the abandoned mansion.

As David finishes his story, a comatose Alan is wheeled into the hospital, followed by Jenny who has recovered well enough from her injuries to walk unassisted.