It is one of those movies I have been planning to re-watch for so many years but, somehow, it never happened. Basically, I remember it very well, when it was released it was a massive critical success and it became by far the most heralded movie directed by John Dhal who was at the time a modern master of film noir (see also ‘Kill me again’ and ‘Red Rock West’) so I was really eager to check it out. Unfortunately, I thought it was actually a little bit underwhelming. I mean, sure, Linda Fiorrentino who gave here her breakthrough performance and basically carried the whole movie on her shoulders, was really good as the typical femme fatale and, as usual, the directing by John Dhal was really solid and he has created a very nice mood. Still, somehow, I had a hard time to care about the story but maybe I was just too young to really appreciate the whole thing so there is a possibility that a re-watch might change my opinion. To conclude, even though it didn’t really blow me away, it is still a solid neo-noir feature and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.
6/10