The Last Seduction

1994
4 Stars
Film Noir

Linda Fiorentino has disappeared off the movie radar in recent years, following her appearance in the very first of the Will Smith / Tommy Lee Jones MEN IN BLACK films, but in 1994, she hit big-time with one of the best ever female performances in a lead role.

In John Dahl’s THE LAST SEDUCTION, she played Bridget Gregory, who scams her husband Clay (Bill Pullman) of a nice little drug money deal and escapes to a small town with a bad attitude and a penchant for chain-smoking herself through life with much profanity.

Her target is a local wimp (Peter Berg) who she seduces pretty quickly, but her husband has got people on the tail, determined to reclaim what is rightfully – and seemingly – his.

A clever and dark script that keeps you attentive right up until the very, THE LAST SEDUCTION is a truly classic modern American Noir.