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Generally unfavorable reviews
Based on 26 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 7 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Suspense/Thriller
Written by:
Marc Behm (novel)
Stephan Elliott
Directed by: Stephan Elliott
Release Date:
Theatrical: January 28, 2000
DVD: May 23, 2000
Running Time: 101 minutes, Color
Origin: UK / Canada
Summary
RATING: R for some strong violence, sexuality, language and brief drug content
Starring Ewan McGregor, Ashley Judd, Jason Priestly, k.d. lang, Patrick Bergin, and Genevieve Bujold
A journey into obsession, this is the story of a British intelligence agent (McGregor) so taken with a beautiful killer (Judd) that he cannot bear to apprehend her. Set in the surreal world of a high-tech voyeur, the tale follows him across the country as he embarks on a desperate quest for this enigmatic femme fatale. (Destination Films)
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Portland Oregonian Diana Abu-Jaber
Director Stephen Elliott has acquitted himself admirably in creating this serious thriller.
Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington
Tries to blend old film noir and new high-tech thriller styles with only sporadic impact.
New York Post Lou Lumenick
Watchable even when what's going on makes no sense whatsoever.
Rolling Stone Peter Travers
Elliot fails to make the needed connection between the audience and a peeper who has lost his moral balance.
Boston Globe Jay Carr
Never brings its potentially intriguing plot strands into focus.
Read Full Review >USA Today Mike Clark
Far from being a run-of-the-mill slasher pic.
Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey
So stupid, so stupefying, so stupendously bad.
Mr. Showbiz Michael Atkinson
Flows like day-old cement.
Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov
Sitting through the film was an exercise in confusion.
Read Full Review >Variety Deborah Young
A mixed-genre detective pic, thriller and love story that shifts gears too often and doesn't know when to end.
Read Full Review >Baltimore Sun Ann Hornaday
A hackneyed psycho-sexual thriller with enough awkwardly executed Hitchcock references to qualify as a bad DePalma knock-off.
San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
Attempts to convey emotional dislocation and passion at the same time. All we get is distance.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Ty Burr
There's not much else for viewers to do but give themselves over to the whims of the bad-movie gods.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer Paula Nechak
A perfect example of form without content.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Eric Harrison
It isn't insultingly bad; it's just incompetent.
LA Weekly John Patterson
Intriguing for a while, then steadily more confusing and finally just incoherent.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Examiner Wesley Morris
The single worst movie David Lynch never made.
Read Full Review >Newsweek Ted Gideonse
Hilariously incompetent.
Miami Herald Curtis Morgan
Pretentious, perplexing and plain rock-dumb movie.
What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 2.4 (out of 10) based on 7 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Scott G. gave it a2:
Good elements: mood, pacing, Ashley Judd, a sense of danger, Ashley Judd, and -- uh -- Ashley Judd. Bad elements: the story, k.d. Lang (great singer, bad actor), the ending. It's interesting to watch, and totally forgettable once it's over.
florian o. gave it a0:
Waste of time.
Fred W. gave it a1:
Incoherent is the term that doesn't even begin to describe this mess. Ashley Judd doing a poor imitation of Angelina Jolie - Suggest that the best use of this DVD is skeet shooting.
Graeme E. gave it a 1:
I like Ewan McGregor, but from one Scot to another this film was awful.
