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Title: Basically in-stinks
Review: One of the many sex-can-kill-you thrillers of the 80s and 90s, this one is particularly lame and offensive. The ending alone should invalidate anything worthy that precedes it. Is she or isn't she? When it becomes clear that even the screenwriter (Joe the Hutt) doesn't know, and doesn't care, and only wants to leave room for a sequel, the cynicism becomes palpable. The whole thing is an unintentional joke (sort of like Stone claiming she didn't know where the camera was positioned in the interrogation scene). Everything backfires -- even Stone's presumed sexuality is undermined by Tripplehorn's vastly superior looks and talent.If you want to see a good sex-equals-death thriller, check out "Sea of Love." Ellen Barkin makes Sharon Stone look like amateur night.
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