First off, there's nothing, and I mean absolutely nothing in the story to make me believe Roger Culkin (Harvey Keitel) killed Ashley Harris. The fact that Vincent Harris (Norman Reedus) passed by a speeding cab on his way home on the evening his wife was murdered doesn't prove anything. How the detective who handled the case (Joe Grifasi) could have corroborated the idea is additionally beyond me, and the fact that he didn't dissuade Alice Parker (Emmanuelle Béart) from continuing her own investigation of the case was beyond bizarre.
But anyway, there you have it. Had the screenwriters come up with a little more credibility in establishing the characters and motive for Ashley's death, there might have been something here. But the way it proceeds, Vincent remains a damaged character three years following his wife's death, and Alice's delusional fixation on him as a potential lover makes her a deranged woman in search of a killer, and because there isn't one, she intends to manufacture one. Even more bizarre after Alice admits to Roger that she set him up, he becomes even more transfixed with the idea of continuing their relationship.
I have to admit, the basic plot here was pretty intriguing, and with a better back story and clever writing, this could have gone the way I think it was intended to go. As it is, with so many question marks built in to the picture, it's difficult to take seriously when all is said and done. The best I can say is that at the finale, Vincent and Alice pretty much got what they deserved with each other, no matter what that might turn out to be.
But anyway, there you have it. Had the screenwriters come up with a little more credibility in establishing the characters and motive for Ashley's death, there might have been something here. But the way it proceeds, Vincent remains a damaged character three years following his wife's death, and Alice's delusional fixation on him as a potential lover makes her a deranged woman in search of a killer, and because there isn't one, she intends to manufacture one. Even more bizarre after Alice admits to Roger that she set him up, he becomes even more transfixed with the idea of continuing their relationship.
I have to admit, the basic plot here was pretty intriguing, and with a better back story and clever writing, this could have gone the way I think it was intended to go. As it is, with so many question marks built in to the picture, it's difficult to take seriously when all is said and done. The best I can say is that at the finale, Vincent and Alice pretty much got what they deserved with each other, no matter what that might turn out to be.