Too many plot holes, too many coincidences. Average acting by everybody but michael douglas. Viggo mortensen definitely grew into a better actor later on but in this movie he is a total miscast. He has the emotional range of a soft guy but the sinister side was totally lacking. He is supposed to be a sinister guy when not in view of emily. He is supposed to be a guy that cons women, been to prison, has ghetto ex-con friends, hires a guy to kill the woman he is conning, blackmails her husband and then double crosses him in the end anyways. What we needed was Robert Knepper's teddy from prison break.
** SPOILERS ** There are many and have been enumerated by other reviewers but the worst of the worst I cannot get over is the very observant "suspicious at first sight" detective not finding the key behind the pipe. Come on, it was JUST THERE!
** SPOILERS ** There are many and have been enumerated by other reviewers but the worst of the worst I cannot get over is the very observant "suspicious at first sight" detective not finding the key behind the pipe. Come on, it was JUST THERE!