The read
Audiences rate it 37 points higher than critics do. Most of the 3,226 2000s drama movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
Detective Catherine Palmer is on the trail of an elusive serial killer. During her investigation she meets Vickie Kittrie, who belongs to an exclusive club of women who engage in secret sessions of bondage and S&M. Matters become even more complicated when Palmer finds herself attracted to Kittrie, leading to a brief lesbian encounter. Palmer soon learns that each victim belonged to this club of prominent, sexually experimental women. In order to catch the killer, Catherine must trust Vickie to guide her through the dangerous and illicit underground.
Ratings
IMDb5.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes17%
Audiences rate it 37 points higher than critics do.
38 audience votes
Key crew
- BC SmithOriginal Music Composer
- Damian HarrisScreenplay
- Damian HarrisDirector
Cast
- Ellen BarkinDet. Catherine Palmer
- Wendy CrewsonBernadine Mello
- Peta WilsonVickie Kittrie
- Karen YoungMary
- Julian SandsDr. Dominik Broussard
- Stephen BaldwinMechanic
- Marshall BellGil Reynolds
- Beau StarrLt. Finch
- Bill MacDonaldJohn Beck
- Stewart BickCushing
- Ellen-Ray HennessyMurial Farr
- Lara DaansDorothy Samenov
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Themes
sadomasochismmurdererotic movie