Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

A Brilliant Conflict

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Blistering performances.

Beatrice (Asia Argento) is a thief known as B. Monkey who is tired of the life of crime. Alan Furnace (Jared Harris) is a sweet teacher who moonlights as a DJ in a hospital. He falls for B. She sees him as a frog who is better than any of the supposed princes. She's part of a trio with brother-like Bruno (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) led by drug-addicted Paul Neville (Rupert Everett). Paul owes crime boss Frank money and Paul wants B. to do more jobs for him.Asia has volatile sexuality. Jared Harris is a character actor with a co-star face which fits the character perfectly. Rupert is interesting as a creepy mess. JRM is terrific as always. I wish they have somebody with more threatening intensity as Frank. This is a nice little neo-noir crime drama. It's overshadowed by other more stylish British crime dramas at that time. It needs a little more moodiness and it's handicapped by missing a caper. These kinds of crime drama usually involves some sort of caper. The movie does need a more explosive, darker alternate ending. It's leading towards that for the whole time and it needs to go through with it. It needs a bit more overall style and the title is pretty stupid. Nevertheless, I love a good neo-noir and Asia is terrific.

... this is one of my favourite films. I just can't help loving it. It's certainly not a great film, it doesn't aim for the artistic highground. By most measures, this is a 6.5 at best. The script's loose in places, as is the acting on occasions and the whole thing feels as if it needed just one more take. But the characters make it special. Asia Argento, Rupert Everett and Jonathan Rhys Myers are perfectly cast and really inhabit their roles. Their characters and the relationships between them give real depth and believability to a hackneyed story. If you approach this expecting a quirky and very charming film, you're in for a treat. If you've been fooled by the artwork on the cover and expect a thriller, replete with car chases and gunplay, you may be disappointed.

Asia plays a thief who attempts to leave her old life behind when she meets a (frankly, very nerdish but goodhearted) teacher, but leaving her old life behind is no picnic.I like this film. I'm a huge Asia fan but I think some of her films stink (XXX and Red Siren leap to mind). I've heard rumors that this version of the film is heavily chopped and that director Radford isn't all that pleased with the finished product. But I don't think it shows that easily, it's damn fine as is.Asia is simply radiant in the lead role and pulls it off well. All others do a splendid job as well, particularly Rupert Everett. I think the story is quite nice, could have used some more complications but overall good. You really get to know Asia and Harris's characters and they grow quite nicely on you. It's mostly Everett's and Myers's characters that are somewhat left unexplained but the film doesn't suffer for it. I'd say this is a nice, effortless film to watch. You don't gain any greater knowledge from it, it's just entertaining, particularly if you like Asia.Overall I'm very satisfied with the film. Radford made Il Postino shortly before this so in my books he's a director to look for.7 out of 10, or roughly a B+.

This film has all of the touches of an early Truffaut and some Fritz Lang in the use of wonderful characters,especially Argento, who I notice has not stopped working in big productions but who is quite young with a distinctive screen presence. If she were a blond, even Hitchcock would have used her. She is strong,fierce,bold,kind,unafraid to expose her nice body for passionate sexual interludes.She falls for a "nerdish" British third grade teacher,Jared Harris, son of late Richard, and is a truly marvelous actor who falls IMMEDIATELY for moll Asia Argento. It has handsome photography in London,Yorkshire,Paris, and in spite of Argento's strong presence,there are some good bits by Rupert Everett who adds class even in this sleazy role.An the young actor/hood is excellent as the rejected lover turned gangster.There is almost too much going on, making the ending a little too "pat" but it is one of the few crime love stories I have seen with such an engaging actress as Argento.She photographs beautifully and her transitions are so good, one is reminded of the great screen dames like Gloria Grahame, Jeanne Moreau and Tuesday Weld in PRETTY POISON.