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By
TERESSA ELLIOTT
Brian De Palma directs this
thriller about a bisexual jewel thief
(Romijn-Stamos) who double-crosses her partners in
crime and runs off with the loot after a robbery.
Years later, she's the respectable wife of an
ambassador, but her jilted accomplices recognize
her and they want revenge.
Antonio Banderas co-stars as a down-on-his-luck
paparazzo (also with Peter Coyote, Gregg Henry and
Rie Rasmussen). There are also a few twists (this
is a thriller, after all), but this so-called
"erotic thriller" is neither erotic, nor
thrilling. What it is, is confusing and dull.
Since you don't know the characters well, you
don't care what happens to them. And if you're not
invested in a thriller, it doesn't thrill.
The extras aren't thrilling either: three
featurettes and one behind-the-scenes are all
brief and restate the same pieces of information
(one interesting tidbit though is that De Palma
got his idea to set the diamond heist in Cannes
when he was there with his girlfriend). US and
French trailers are also included. |
