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Editorial Review:
While Bruno (Christopher Walken) is an international money mover and influence peddler and Virginia (Joan Chen) is his very beautiful wife. His sexual appetite requires the services of banker and part-time hooker Alex (Anne Heche). Its love at first sight. But, who are the lovers?
Wild Side Reviews:
which version? 
2009-01-02 - I recall seeing this film on cable (HBO or Cinemax) years back. It's silly in spots, smart in others, and I like Christopher Walken in almost anything. But the undeniable eroticism and bravery of the lesbian sex scene between Anne Heche and Joan Chen certainly had the most positive impact. I've since seen a version where this scene is truncated. It's still there, but shorter with less action and ultimately, less impact. From all the reviews I've read of this DVD, I know this is not the longer director's cut and that that version appears to be difficult to come by. (I'm wondering if it is possible that HBO or Max was originally airing the director's cut?) But what I'm unclear about is if this DVD edition contains that scene in its entirety, if it the shorter edit, or if it is in this version at all? I'm hoping someone who knows the film and its edited variations can verify the contents. Thanks.
"Cleaned up" version.
2007-11-26 - I had seen this movie on VHS several years ago. The scenes between Heche and Chen were especially erotic and would probably be of great interest to lesbian couples. The DVD issue has, however, been "cleaned up" for a milder rating. Upon viewing the DVD, I was disappointed to discover that the best erotic scene between the two women, although not that explicit to begin with, had been removed.
awesomely bad! 
2007-02-04 - If you ever thought it might be funny to see Christopher Walken have sex with another man, this movie delivers. This movie has no idea what it wanted to be, and it is better for its lack of vision, direction, or meaning. It is a tour de force of absurdist, accidental da da.
Anne Heche & Joan Chen together
2005-11-19 - Anne Heche & Joan Chen together in a lesbian love scene is really the only reason to check this movie out as a rental(this version anyway). Christopher Walken gives an over the top performance that ends up being hilarious. Anne Heche is a banker by day and an escort by night and plays the part well. She and Joan Chen, who plays the wife of Walken's character, make for some nice eye candy in this film, and as I metioned are pretty much the reason for watching it. The director, Donald Cammell apparently committed suicide over the stripped version of this film that was released. The director's cut is supposedly available overseas. One can only imagine what the director's original vision of this film was after seeing this version. Good for a few laughs, even though that may not have been the intent, and the scenes with Heche and Chen are pretty erotic.
Beware! 
2005-04-27 - Those of you hoping to track down the director's version of this film, don't get your hopes up with the "unrated" listing among the technical specifications. This is still the 95 minute R-rated rush-release, it just doesn't list it on the packaging. The director's cut (apparently available only in Region 2) runs 111 minutes.
