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Really? 6.0 on IMDb? There is a new serial killer in town and a housewife gets in trouble with her unplanned extramarital affair. The plot thickens, those things intertwine, we see some nice boobies, justice is served in the end, blah, blah, blah...

Despite this it could still be at least a semi-decent film.

But it isn't.

This film is a real insult to an intelligent viewer. The whole plot is idiotic, the so-planned twists are not only foreseeable but totally unlikely as well. Most of the acting is pretty darn wooden, the only exception being those of Everheart's and Wilder's. The audio is terrible, luckily on the DVD there was a very clear foreign language dubbing available so choosing that I understood more. Interestingly the score was quite decent, maybe the best of all departments. Lame, lame cops; lame storytelling, lame victim behavior (doing _nothing_ of what you should do), lame everything.

So many idiotic moments that if you have seen at least 30 thrillers/suspense movies in your life and if you have an IQ above 100 and at least some expectations for a movie to deliver, than you will be scratching and shaking your head so many times that it won't even make a good enough, forgettable popcorn movie.

It's not the worst film of the world, maybe it was the worst of 2001. What makes it more unbearable for me that even with a 2 million dollar budget and the score it has, and also the two main character's acting it could have been a decent, a real 6 or 7 film given a better screenplay.

All in all I give it 3 for the score and for Angie's and Wilder's role. Oh, and for the boobies. If you have nothing better to watch this might fill the void but if you do have expectations it will upset you more than entertain.

I have seen this film tonight and it was a foreign dubbed version with the title of '(Re)Open(ed) Serbian wounds/scars'. It's been on my computer in the last 2 years and I finally was in a mood for a supposedly good documentary - that's what I thought it was. First surprise there.

I love cinema and a sucker for it. I only left two movies without having seen them in their entirety although was tempted a good many times more. This was one of them. I still wouldn't have decided to write about it had I not seen some ten-star reviews because I was truly appalled by the fact that there are people (painfully obvious that they have some connection to the film) who praise this film as a cinematographic milestone or masterpiece, some even dare to utter the 'O'-word in connection with it. Pathetic.

I think I understand good intentions. This film probably has plenty. But we all know where they might lead without restraint or proper guidance. Well, this film does have material but it has neither of the above-mentioned. The screenplay is decent enough in the first 15-20 minutes and the camera work throughout most of the film but the acting is pretty lacking. Madsen himself is not too bad, but his glory days are long since gone. Even if he was bloody awesome, he couldn't save this garbage. There are plot holes galore /I'm not gonna mention any, they are far too many and you can read about them in other reviews/ and when there isn't one you kind of wish there was. Plenty of cringe-worthy moments and stuff that has just plainly not been very well thought through. I found the editing lacking as well. And then there are people who praise this film for its colors?? I found the music score to be the most worthy of all departments for this film, which, with a little help, could have been a solid, decent 6 star film instead of the moneywasting project it is.

I always find it interesting when people claim that the film they just saw is the worst film ever so I am not going to go there. Not even close, I have seen much worse. But I wouldn't be proud if I were in it and wouldn't want to commit anything remotely this heinous. In the end I wanted to give it 3,5 (obviously rounded down to 3) for some (rare) nice Madsen-moments. And, what the heck, for its nice colors...