EW's GRADE
D+

Details Release Date: Jul 23, 2002; With: Sam Elliott and Jamie Kennedy

Billed as ''Britain's version of Angelina Jolie,'' Carlton Elizabeth does have preternaturally puffed lips and breasts, but that's as deep as the comparison -- and director Jack Green's kinky thriller -- goes. Detective Lukas Black (a sadly moustacheless Elliott) struggles to figure out who killed an abusive, irredeemable greaseball (Michael Cavalieri): his blank-eyed sexpot wife (Elizabeth) or her nebbishy, wide-eyed boy-toy (Kennedy...why, Jamie, why?). But the real struggle turns out to be trying to follow uneven characters whose sole purpose is to set up the almost-clever gotcha! ending.

Originally posted Jul 26, 2002 Published in issue #664 Jul 26, 2002 Order article reprints

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