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Yikes, talk about a nasty woman! Man, few modern-day actresses come across this film-noir tough as Linda Fiorentino. She's brutal: ill-mannered, foul- mouthed, has no principles, a totally twisted view of life and no conscience. Other than that, she's a nice girl.
Even worse than her is the ending of the film, in which this totally-evil woman gets away with her deeds. Yes, a happy ending for the bad guys and, boy, do the sick critics love that. Thus, you'll never a see bad review from Maltin, Ebert or the boys. They love it when evil prevails.
Fiorentino is supposed to be sexy but, speaking personally, I don't find a skinny woman with no figure, a husky voice with a foul mouth and an "attitude" sexy in the least bit.
Yet, having said all of the above, the movie was very interesting and somewhat involving. Once it starts, it's tough to put down. Peter Berg plays a small-town sap who is captivated by this beast from Hell and pays for it.
This is about as tough as modern-day film noir gets, a mean-edged flick with no sympathetic characters.....but it can be fascinating to watch, wondering what this woman is going to do next.
score 5/10
ccthemovieman-1 18 March 2006
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