G and I have a connection to this film as the scenes in the second half of the movie - of Congressman Brice's (Ray Liotta) house - where filmed in G's sister's home here in Toronto. Watching it does elicit a dejavu feeling, understandably so. Starring Liotta as a very crooked Congressman, Gretchen Mol (as his wife, Ella Brice) and Joesph Fiennes (as the cabana boy who stirs up trouble between them), it morphs between thriller and romance and has a real made-for-tv feel to it. When Fiennes and Mol's characters have an affair and the Congressman discovers it - well, wife Ella actually confesses - the Congressman tries to bump off the offender. Maimed and disfigured in the attack, cabana boy Fiennes returns years later as a wealthy criminal fixer who hopes to keep the promise he made to Ella and dish out his own form of revenge. Some stock twists and turns result before it all ends badly for everyone involved. While no one in this film is particularly great at acting - Fiennes seems especially uncomfortable - there is enough Sunday night at the movie drama (and a great house to see) to make it worth a rent.
My rating 6 out of 10.
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