I can understand why Anniston wanted to do this role, since she -=- SPOILER ALERT -=- gets to play majorly against type (as the supposedly 'nice' girl who's really - oh no! - part of the scam), but I'm at a loss to figure out what Clive Owen is doing in this sub-par, unoriginal, ugly and overly violent excuse for a thriller.
It's obvious from the get-go (as so many people before me have stated) that Anniston's character is not a victim in the scenario - the second she shows up, we know this, if we've been paying attention to the countless 'femme fatale' movies that have been made prior to this one ~ she's the bait, and Owen's character is going to be sorry he met her, big-time. I can tolerate an obvious set up, if the story from then on is at least played out with some panache, but no such luck here; it's just one cringingly vile scene after the other, with the payoff -=- SPOILER ALERT -=- being that Owen gets to have his revenge against the bad guy TWICE. Whooptie Doo. And plot holes? Fuggedaboudit. One after the other, blatantly stupid stuff, not even worth discussing here. The title works, though, as a commentary on the screenplay, which most definitely veers way off track.
It's obvious from the get-go (as so many people before me have stated) that Anniston's character is not a victim in the scenario - the second she shows up, we know this, if we've been paying attention to the countless 'femme fatale' movies that have been made prior to this one ~ she's the bait, and Owen's character is going to be sorry he met her, big-time. I can tolerate an obvious set up, if the story from then on is at least played out with some panache, but no such luck here; it's just one cringingly vile scene after the other, with the payoff -=- SPOILER ALERT -=- being that Owen gets to have his revenge against the bad guy TWICE. Whooptie Doo. And plot holes? Fuggedaboudit. One after the other, blatantly stupid stuff, not even worth discussing here. The title works, though, as a commentary on the screenplay, which most definitely veers way off track.