An intelligence agent (Ewan McGregor) is assigned to track down the son of his wealthy boss to determine what trouble the son has gotten into. Instead, he becomes obsessed with the beautiful psychopath (Ashley Judd) who kills the son and follows her as she travels from state to state. Based on the novel by Marc Behm (previously filmed in 1983 in France) and directed by Stephan Elliott (ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT). This is one of those movies that is an incoherent mess that makes no sense whatsoever yet it's so riveting that you can't take your eyes of it. The implausible plot is near laughable and the backstory of Judd's psychosis is a weak explanation of her turning into a serial killer. That being said, Judd is very good and one can't help but admire her commitment to the part. The film might have worked if director Elliott had a sense of style. I couldn't help but wonder what a director like Brian De Palma might have done with it. With Genevieve Bujold, Patrick Bergin, Jason Priestley and K.D. Lang.
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