An interesting failure

From the 70's until the end of the 90's, Brian de Palma was one of the most highly regarded directors, now he is pretty much forgotten and that's a pity. Anyway, this is a typical De Palma picture, a mysterious thriller drenched with intrigues, erotic and violence. It's a pity the plot was rather hard to follow and the whole thing barely made much sense. If I remember it correctly, I even saw it when it came out and I thought it was time for a re-watch. The funny thing is that, even though, I knew what would happen, I still ended up with the same feeling I had 10 years ago. Basically, it is one of the most messed up and convoluted thrillers I have ever seen. Indeed, the plot didn't make much sense and I won't even start to point out all the major plot holes. Still, there was something fascinating about this flick. Indeed, the directing was quite amazing, and pretty much like 'Snake Eyes', it started up with an impressive opening scene but then pretty much right from this great opening scene, it all went downhill afterwards. Back then, Rebecca Romijn was just starting as an actress and this movie would end up being her only really interesting role, I'm afraid. If this movie didn't end up being a failure financially and critically, her career could have been quite different. Anyway, pretty much like the movie itself, Romijn didn't even act very well but there was something about her, enhanced by De Palma's directing, which made her quite fascinating to behold. Anyway, to conclude, after re-watching it, I still can't say I really like it, it is just too messed up, but, deep there somewhere, I'm pretty sure there was a great movie hidden and I think it is worth a look, especially if you are interested in De Palma's work.

6/10