rated R. The tagline boasts something like “They Never Saw It Coming”. Well, that’s a shame, because that only makes one of them! The audience sees it coming a mile away which is always a bad sign, especially when the viewer finds themselves laughing during the serious scenes and shouting out “Oh come on!.” Clive Owen and Jennifer Aniston are two working suburbanites when they meet on a train, frustrated and bored from their marriages. One thing leads to another, which leads them to the room of a sleazy hotel. When an incident occurs that’s about to rock their worlds, the movie (appropriately named) manages to derail into one predictable situation after another. And we find the echo of “just call the police” already hovering in the theatre. Vincent Cassell gives an outstanding performance, but Anniston just can’t be sexy. She’s that girl-next-door and that’s all there is to it. There’s no Sharon Stone, or smoldering Diane Lane here and it’s certainly not part “Fatal Attraction” or the brilliant “Unfaithful.” One tiara
