while a DVD version exists as a Dutch import release. The film's main tagline reads "Passion. Seduction. Betrayal.", while the two other taglines read "Its all part of the art." and "An erotic thriller with a killer ending." Plot Talented young Jamie Harris is a struggling actress who is trying to win a role in an upcoming film called Playmaker. Eager to gain advantage on the competition, Harris' friend Eddie says that he can arrange an introduction with Ross Talbert, an acting teacher with a reputation for grooming top talent. Talbert agrees to tutor Harris for $5,000; she scrapes up the money, only to discover that his lessons are mainly exercises in psychological abuse. Harris learns that a number of Talbert's students who didn't respond to his techniques have turned up dead, and she spies an "F" next to her name in his grade book shortly before he attacks her with a knife; she grabs a gun and kills him. The police determine that Jamie acted in self-defense - but the man who she's been taking lessons with wasn't the real Ross Talbert. As the police arrive at the scene a different corpse is lying dead on the ground, which seems to be the real teacher. As a result, she tries to find the false teacher, and discovers that he was just an actor like herself, named Michael Condren, and that she is just a puppet on a string in a perverse and bizarre story. Cast Colin Firth as Ross Talbert/Michael Condren Jennifer Rubin as Jamie Harris John Getz as Eddie Jeff Perry as Allen Arthur Taxier as Detective Chassman Dean Norris as Detective Marconi Belinda Waymouth as Angie Diane Robin as Terry Stephen Polk as Director Alice Kushida as Casting Assistant Clare Kirkconnell as Realtor William James Shaw as Script Delivery Person Reception Movie Retriever gave the film one and a half out of two, and wrote "Jamie (Rubin) is a struggling actress whose coach Talbert (Firth) guarantees success as long as she follows his bizarre training methods, which include seduction, abuse, and betrayal. Good chemistry between the leads but a mishmash of a script." The book DVD & Video Guide 2004 (Ballantine Books) gave the film two out of five stars, while TV Guide (Triangle Publications) gave the same rating. The book Creature Features: The Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Movie Guide (Berkley Boulevard Books) gave the film