One aspect that drew me into the film was Erika Christensen who is a great actress and is ridiculously gorgeous. She is utterly delicious looking in this film, and kept my eyes plastered to the screen the entire time through. I could understand why it was so hard for Bradford's character to resist her, because she draws in the male characters in the film without hesitation. The film's atmosphere is perfect for a story of this nature, though misused, the mood is bleak, dark and sometimes erotic.

"Fatal Attraction", as much as I dislike it, was very influential, and as all influential films do, has spawned up to, and over a hundred rip offs and wannabes including this pseudo modern take on the genre. As always, there's nothing even remotely original to the material given in this, except for the comical ending which pretty much makes no sense. The characters in this film are all the same: there's the main character, an average popular guy who has a lot to live for and foolishly squanders his life for a one night stand which means nothing to him, and a lot to the receiving partner, whom they know nothing about.

She's probably rich, but we can never guess if she is, she may or may not have parents, but we never see them ever, she's probably a cellist, but we never get the feeling that she loves it, her brother is considered a nut, but we never know why, and for some unknown reason, he's barely ever let out of the house while she runs free. The film continues forever with inane plot holes and lapses in logic and reasoning in the story which inevitably becomes tiresome. How is a cuffed girl able to break free and kill two cops? We get this ridiculous scene which is completely far-fetched in all aspects: why would a cop sit in the back with a suspect, and why would they take an abandoned railway when there's perfectly good streets near them?

This film plays like it's copying from a textbook on how to make a thriller of this type, right down to the ending which ends in water, just like its predecessor "Fatal Attraction", the only difference was that that ending was very effective and gripping, while this closer seems more like the writer ran out of ideas. Every plot twist, and device is seen coming from a mile away, and every character is paper thin, including the supporting characters which are there simply to pose as obstacles or to stay blended in the scenery. The directing is also very shoddy with glitches in editing that attempt to seem stylish but end up looking more like a skipping record whenever the characters experience a vomit inducing emotional moment that becomes very laughable while watching. Many of the talented young actors are pretty much wasted in the film including Jesse Bradford, Erika Christensen, and veteran character actor Dan Hedaya who attempts to make way of his meager bit part as the coach.

I've seen this before, it's called "Fatal Attraction"; this is a decent way to get lost in Christensen's beauty, but inevitably ends up becoming far-fetched, and gets lost in plot holes, and gigantic lapses in logic. This is just junk.

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