A high-class hooker gets caught between a criminal boss, his enigmatic wife and a sleazy FBI agent. This is one of those staples of 90's movies - the erotic thriller. Its slightly famous for a few things. Its director was the respected Donald Cammell - who was responsible for the classic psychedelic freak-out Performance - he killed himself shortly after this one was released, seemingly partly on account of how the studio cut his movie. Its also famous for having Anne Heche play a lesbian before she came out herself as Ellen DeGeneres partner in the late 90's.
It has a very loose storyline and it's a lot more talky than thrilling, so for this reason the acting is fairly important. We have Christopher Walken in hilarious wig chewing the scenery at every given opportunity as the crime boss, Joan Chen channelling her Twin Peaks mysterious Asian lady persona as his wife, Steven Bauer convincing as a dumb ass in the role of the rapist undercover agent and Anne Heche putting in a pretty strong performance as the central character. Its most famous sequence is probably the love scene between Heche and Chen but its most bizarre one has Walken buggering Bauer to prove a minor technical point.
It has a very loose storyline and it's a lot more talky than thrilling, so for this reason the acting is fairly important. We have Christopher Walken in hilarious wig chewing the scenery at every given opportunity as the crime boss, Joan Chen channelling her Twin Peaks mysterious Asian lady persona as his wife, Steven Bauer convincing as a dumb ass in the role of the rapist undercover agent and Anne Heche putting in a pretty strong performance as the central character. Its most famous sequence is probably the love scene between Heche and Chen but its most bizarre one has Walken buggering Bauer to prove a minor technical point.