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Millionaire industrialist Steven Taylor is a man who has everything but what he craves most is the love and fidelity of his wife.
A hugely successful player in the New York financial world, he considers her to be his most treasured acquisition.
But she needs more than simply the role of dazzling accessory.
Brilliant in her own right, she works at the U.N. and is involved with a struggling artist who fulfils her emotional needs.
When her husband discovers her infidelity, he sets out to commit murder and inherit her considerable trust fund in the bargain.
Back in the nineties, even though he is arguably brilliant, with the exception of Falling down, Douglas played the same character in every film he made.
It's not a bad thing, but this movie should have simply been Wall Street 2, and Gekko has escaped from prison and wants his wife's money, wouldn't have been a remake to the Hitchcock classic and would have made more money.
For what it's worth, it's still one of those glossy thrillers that were rife in the cinemas in the late nineties, all about money and power.
Paltrow and Mortenson are very good, but what this film does ask, is who are 'you' rooting for? At times I must admit it was Douglas, because Paltrows character was introduced in the worse way possible, but then Douglas became more and more pantomime villain up until the predictable climax.
The film isn't nothing special, Douglas owns the film as usual, and it's very flashy, and very expensive, but forgettable.
score 7/10
FlashCallahan 7 May 2012
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