Femme Fatale

A $10-million diamond rip-off, a stolen identity, a new life married to a diplomat. Laure Ash has risked big, won big. But then a tabloid shutterbug snaps her picture in Paris, and suddenly, enemies from Laure's secret past know who and where she is. And they all want their share of the diamond heist. Or her life. Or both.

Cast

Rebecca Romijn

as Laure Ash / Lily Watts

Antonio Banderas

as Nicolas Bardo

Peter Coyote

as Watts

Ériq Ebouaney

as Black Tie

Édouard Montoute

as Racine

Rie Rasmussen

as Veronica

Thierry Frémont

as Serra

Gregg Henry

as Shiff

Fiona Curzon

as Stanfield Phillips

Daniel Milgram

as Pierre / Bartender

Reviews

John Chard

Isn't sugar better than vinegar? **SPOILER ALERT - The last paragraph makes reference to a 1940s film that constitutes a spoiler. ** There rarely seems to be anything in between where Brian De Palma films are concerned, cinematic lovers of all kinds by and large either trash or laud his films...

JPV852

** Contains spoilers ** Lower tier movie from De Palma that has some good direction and acting was... okay, but the ending still never quite worked even after seeing this again (third time if I recall). The whole it was all a dream felt like a cheat. On the other hand, as mainstream erotic-thrill...

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