Howard Franklin script / Scott's direction more interested in style and suspense than characterisation or plot. Why would Tom Berenger be more interested in Mimi Rogers - whose idea of fun is to lie draped around a glass of wine listening to opera and looking vacuous - than Lorraine Bracco, who swears and is a lot more fun (and prettier to boot)? (Besides, everyone knows the way to listen to opera is full volume and cavorting on the grass.)
Plot is frequently daft (how does the bad guy think he will get away at the end?), 'he's 'protecting' her again' , Berenger ridiculously easily forgiven, etc. etc.
Liked scene with mirrors, even though it is lifted from Lady From Shanghai, suspenseful ending. Film does look a bit like a glossy commercial.
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