Rating of
2.5/4
Indyfreak - wrote on 09/07/18
Slick 90s thriller about a vengeful and greedy husband (Douglas) who plots the murder of his unfaithful wife (Paltrow)-with the help of her equally devious lover (Mortenson). The plot is essentially a condensed version of 'DIAL M FOR MURDER' with a dash of 'STRANGERS ON A TRAIN' for good measure.
Michael Douglas can do these movies in his sleep but he's always fun to watch in these types of movies. Gwyneth Paltrow is suitably vulnerable as Douglas' wife. Viggo Mortenson is good as the morally ambiguous lover. Balancing out this intricate triangle of deceit is the upstanding detective (an excellent David Suchet) determined to connect the dots.
It owes too much to the best of Alfred Hitchcock's classics, but it's entertaining enough.
