Take one empowered woman in distress (Judd), throw in a salty-tongued mentor (Jackson), top it off with a ho-hum love interest (Andy Garcia), and you’ve got the recipe for this dopey, paint-by-numbers thriller. In hopefully the last of Paramount’s noirish collaborations with the pixieish actress, Judd tries to release her inner bad girl by playing a homicide cop whose exlovers keep turning up dead; unfortunately, her furrowed-brow ''I’m perplexed'' expressions come off more vapid than vamp.
EXTRAS Seemingly plucked from the red carpet, a diamond-draped Judd offers insipid commentary on three behind-the-scenes featurettes (why she was attracted to the film: ''It’s not just a thriller, but also a mystery and a puzzle!'').
