THE LAST SEDUCTION
A film review by Ben Hoffman
Copyright 1994 Ben Hoffman
If you like black comedy (film noir), this one should be right up your alley. It's mostly about an unbelievably monstrous conniver, Bridget Gregory (Linda Fiorentino) who from the very first scenes is obviously a woman to avoid. She has sent her husband, Clay (Bill Pullman), out to make a drug deal with some very unsavory characters. No sooner does he return with the briefcase full of bills than she takes off with the money, leaving him to face the mobsters who expect their cut.
Aware that her husband is going to do everything to find her, she holes up in a small town where she seduces Mike (Peter Berg) a nice nobody she meets at a bar. He is tired of this mall town life and would like to branch out and Bridget, he believes, can help him out. Has he got the wrong number! Bridget has her own agenda about how she will use Mike; her plotting keeps the moving reeling along.
Like with much of black comedy you have to ignore the many things you are expected to believe which you would not accept in a straightforward drama. But given that, this one is quite entertaining with Fiorentino great as the femme fatale.
Directed by John Dahl of RED ROCK WEST fame.
2.5 Bytes 4 Bytes = Absolutely must see. 3 Bytes = Too good to be missed. 2 Bytes = So so. 1 Byte = Save your money.
Ben Hoffman
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