Tying me up is the only way you'll get me to watch this rubbish

Oh dear. A disaster movie, only it's not supposed to be. The disaster is it was made in the first place.

Nigel Bell

Chen Kaige, the Chinese director, would have been better off filming his national team in the World Cup finals than turning out a movie which is so bad it's likely to become a cult classic.

The Plot
Heather Graham plays Alice, an American living in London, who's happily shacked up with a partner.

Then she bumps into Fiennes, who plays mountaineer Adam Tallis.

Brooding looks are about the best you'll get in this film

Within five minutes of meeting, she's dumped her boyfriend and got her kit off for Adam to do some alternative climbing of his own.

Seemingly within days of their first encounter the couple are wed.

Alice then begins receiving anonymous letters warning her not to trust Adam.

She does some detective work and discovers two of his previous girlfriends have either died or gone missing in mysterious circumstances.

The verdict
Is Adam nasty or not? Who cares? Anyway, you don't need to because you'll have guessed who the nutter is after the first twenty minutes.

That's it - unless I get a better script I'm off

There really is nothing positive to say about this film - unless you like the prospect of seeing Heather Graham and Joseph Fiennes in the nude.

That's fair comment but after an hour of watching them frolicking and being tied up, even their naked bodies become boring.

That's the only reason I can see people going to see this film - the titillation factor.

Otherwise, the story is lame and see-through, the script atrocious and the acting not much better.

Standout lines include "I'll protect you. Say you believe."

"Yes."

It's Unfaithful meets 91/2 Weeks, only those films were probably better (and I hated Unfaithful).

The soundtrack is awful - so predictable. Sweeping violins gush everytime the pair embrace.

And after each coupling there's a crude fade out.

Film-making students go and see this - it's the perfect example of how not to make a feature film.