Steph:
This film had a nice femme fatale vibe going for the first half and then veered into complete bullshit territory, with the same ol’ tired narrative in which tragedy befalls a woman in order to make the dude seem more interesting or desperate or sad or justified in his actions, and while some may argue the film is more complex than that, they’re wrong. ⏰⏰⏰
Josh:
This definitely reminds me of 80s/early 90s neo-noirs like Body Heat and, of course, Basic Instinct, though at a chillier temperature—restrained, but with enough visual and verbal wit and angsty emoting that the treatment never threatens to outclass the material, if that makes sense, but in the end, it leans too heavily into melodrama, and it almost seems like a betrayal of its steeliest character. ⏰⏰⏰
The Bare Minimum 