The director of RED ROCK WEST delivers this unusual thriller about a femme fatale who absconds with her husband's drug money. Fiorentino is enchantingly wicked as the cold-blooded beauty who uses men like toys.
Bridget Gregory, a sexy, savvy, hustler swindles husband, Clay, out of $700 grand, which he made from a drug deal, and then runs off to find a new patsy to help cover her tracks -- by murdering Clay.
Shot in CFI color, using Panavision equipment, on location in Irvington, New York.
Additional credits: Michael J. Moore (assistant director).
Copyright 1993 ITC Entertainment Group, Ltd.
Rated BBFC 18 by the British Board of Film Classification.
Review 1:
4 stars out of 5 -- "[A]n irresistible treat. The plotting is serpentine, the dialogue snaps like a wounded cobra and the gleefully heartless tone never softens for a second."
Source: Total Film
p.120 07/01/2006
Review 2:
"...A devilishly entertaining crime story with a heroine who must be seen to be believed....A gripping story and a tight, suspenseful directorial style..."
Source: New York Times
p.C13 10/26/1994
Review 3:
"...Fiorentino is wonderful as the irredeemable villainess....A genre potboiler of a different kind..." -- Rating: A-
Source: Entertainment Weekly
pp.106-7 06/30/1995
Review 4:
"...Well-paced, cleverly written and quite diabolical....Fiorentino is quite wonderful..."
Source: Variety
02/28/1994
Review 5:
"...A movie that is not only ingenious and entertaining, but liberating, because we can sense the story isn't going to be twisted into conformity with some stupid formula..."
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
p.31 11/18/1994
Review 6:
4 stars out of 5 -- "This 1994 thriller plays like a modern noir, fuelled by passion and revenge."
Source: Ultimate DVD
p.113 07/01/2006
Review 7:
"...The plot twists, the worm turns and the result is prime suspense with a potent sting..."
Source: Rolling Stone
p.157 10/20/1994
Review 8:
"...An intricate and gradual unfolding story of misunderstanding and murder..."
Source: Sight and Sound
p.44 08/01/1994
Review 9:
"...John Dahl's direction is as cool and calculating as his femme fatale..."
Source: Total Film
p.120 04/01/2001