***SPOILERS*** ***SPOILERS*** A great soundtrack really helps this twister sustain itself. The flashbacks/fantasies (B&W for him, Color for her) feels added after the final cut proved to be too obtuse. But with the exception of a too-slick, bow-tie ending, this is a pretty good game of cinematic Clue.
Hubby Roger thinks his young wife is having an affair. But then, this analizer would think his pet hamster was stepping out on him because he's a complete control freak. He hires the typical ex-cop, hard-drinkin' PI, and, low and behold, the wife has some guts after all. Roger wants the PI to hire a hit on the boyfriend. Mac, the PI, needs money to pay off an old bungle, so he does it himself. Only problem is that he shoots the wife instead.
Cops get involved. Linda, a close friend of Maria's and Roger's associate at work, discovers some plaguing anomalies in the bookkeeping. The plot coagulates as it spills out like a Mickey in a scotch-on-the-rocks. We end up with a desperate, drunken killer, a cold-hearted, ruthless husband, and two daughters of Sappho, one dead, the other very depressed.
As characters, the cops aren't worth much, but the evidence expert is a cameo gem. From the two murder scenes, she puts the whole thing together from dog do-do and vomit. Nice touch.
Hubby Roger thinks his young wife is having an affair. But then, this analizer would think his pet hamster was stepping out on him because he's a complete control freak. He hires the typical ex-cop, hard-drinkin' PI, and, low and behold, the wife has some guts after all. Roger wants the PI to hire a hit on the boyfriend. Mac, the PI, needs money to pay off an old bungle, so he does it himself. Only problem is that he shoots the wife instead.
Cops get involved. Linda, a close friend of Maria's and Roger's associate at work, discovers some plaguing anomalies in the bookkeeping. The plot coagulates as it spills out like a Mickey in a scotch-on-the-rocks. We end up with a desperate, drunken killer, a cold-hearted, ruthless husband, and two daughters of Sappho, one dead, the other very depressed.
As characters, the cops aren't worth much, but the evidence expert is a cameo gem. From the two murder scenes, she puts the whole thing together from dog do-do and vomit. Nice touch.