Amazon.com video review:
You can feel the gears grinding, trying to
turn this attempt at film noir into something sleek and
insinuating, instead of the labored near miss it turns out to be. Jack
Nicholson is a Florida wine merchant whose business isn't as good as
he has his unhappy wife (Judy Davis) believe. He's also consistently
at odds with his churlish stepson (Stephen Dorff). Meanwhile,
Nicholson is plotting to steal an expensive diamond necklace and dump
his wife, aided by his mistress (Jennifer Lopez) and a sleazy
safecracker (Michael Caine). It's the kind of thing James M. Cain used
to toss off effortlessly, but in director Bob Rafelson's hands the
strain shows at every seam as crime and romantic treachery put all of
the characters on a violent collision course. --Marshall Fine
