The Plot Is Really Boring, And Only Gets Going Towards The End. Scarlett Johansson Puts In A Decent Performance

Rating: 5/10 (22 May 2020)

Pros:
1. The operatic soundtrack is not only a delight to listen to, but it does a great job at building up intimacy and tension.
2. The sex scenes are appropriately sensual and romantic.
3. Scarlett Johansson (Nola Rice) gives as good as a performance as she can give.
4. The conclusion is strangely satisfying, and it ends up concluding the story in an unexpected, but satisfying manner.
Cons:
1. Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Chris Wilton) puts on an awfully distracting fake posh English accent.
2. The dialogue, specifically in regards to the romantic triangle, is incredibly clunky, cheesy, and too in-your-face.
3. Chris Wilton as the main character is exceedingly unlikable, and only becomes interesting towards the end of the film.
4. Chris Wilton is introduced as an ex-tennis player, yet it becomes clear quite quickly that it's irrelevant to the plot.
5. The movie, aside from the last 15-20 minutes, is full of forced melodrama that is, for want of a better word, boring.
6. There is absolutely no set-up to the thriller turn, and although it's the most entertaining part of the movie, it feels massively out-of-place.