Femme Fatale

Merriam-Webster offers two definitions of Femme Fatale:

1 : a seductive woman who lures men into dangerous or compromising situations2 : a woman who attracts men by an aura of charm and mystery

To be fair to the movie, the dictionary definition says nothing about seducing or attracting men with their acting ability.

This is not to pick on Ms. Romijn, the female lead. All of the performances were largely phoned in. Antonio didn't do anything particularly special here, and neither did anyone else. The plot, for its part, is actually pretty good and this could've been a better movie had the director saw fit to insist on better performances from the cast.

The basic plot synopsis is this. Rebecca royally shafts some bad people early in the flick then disappears for a number of years, only to be brought back to public awareness by struggling paparazzo Antonio. She then, as a master planner, cooks up a plan to manipulate Antonio into appearing to have taken her hostage for a significant ransom. The bad guys, having harboured a grudge and seen her tabloid pictures, show up to throw a wrench in the works.

As you can see, there's enough plot there to, cleverly written and acted, produce a pretty good movie, but they throw in a decent twist on top of that as well.

So...recommendations... Um, it's ok cable fare or if you're in it for the boobies or something, but I wouldn't say it's worth paying to watch.