Twisted

The only reason that this ho-hum thriller will hold any long-term interest will be for its new-millennial representation of the central character - a kick-ass female cop (Ashley Judd) who's into casual sex with rough trade. It's a provocative concept made even more so by the fact that(the script was written by a woman, Sarah Thorp).

As with Jamie Lee Curtis's effort in Kathryn Bigelow's Blue Steel (1990), Judd doesn't get her mascara smudged as she fights for her life and career (the men on the other hand get beaten to pulp). Andy Garcia, surely the most uninteresting actor to grace the contemporary big screen, does his usual quietly-brooding-tough-but-cute-guy schtick whilst Samuel L. Jackson plays it straight in a casting choice that seems solely determined by box office appeal (a non-black actor would have helped, at least slightly, to make this more credible). Kaufman directs in a workmanlike manner what is at best a time-filler.

 

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