Indescribably tense, and truly shocking

Rating: 9/10 (7 February 1999)

I made the mistake of going to see this film a second time before I had had time to assimilate the first viewing. I was nearly sick from the tension.... The punishment for Pride had me gasping with fear.
All the main characters are unlikeable, to the extent that you really don't care how badly things go for them. Amazingly Gwyneth Paltrow portrays a character so weak and spineless, so unsympathetic, that my sympathies almost lay with the psychopathic Kevin Spacey - almost. Is there no end to this woman's talents?
Very unpleasant, and deeply disturbing. Unmissable, but not for the faint hearted.