This film is largely a pretentious attempt at depth without providing any substance. It’s beautifully shot, but never amounts to more than tawdry trappings on a sordid story. It’s a convoluted plot for something as simple as adultery, and what’s more it has the audacity to be boring despite itself. It gets interesting toward the end, but by that time the audience’s investment in the characters has waned and their plight falls on deaf ears. And frankly the acting is poor.

Closest comparison: It’s like The Maltese Falcon by way of The Third Man.

Setting: Adventure
Plot: Drama
Tone: Pulp Noir