A young man is plunged into a life of subterfuge, deceit and mistaken identity in pursuit of a femme fatale whose heart is never quite within his grasp.
Acting
Jolie weaponizes eye contact like a sniper rifle.
Costume
Corsets so tight they probably qualify as plot devices.
Production
Cuba looks expensive; the chemistry looks expensive.
Director
Michael Cristofer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Cornell Woolrich's novel 'Waltz Into Darkness,' previously adapted as François Truffaut's 'Mississippi Mermaid.' Cristofer's version cranks the eroticism to 11.
This film arrived at the tail end of the '90s erotic thriller boom, when studios still believed audiences wanted adult sexuality—before the genre collapsed into straight-to-video oblivion.
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