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Entangled Also known as Fatal Attack Also known as Les Veufs English (1993) David: "Is there a chateau somewhere around here?" "Entangled" is a mangled movie with delusions of "Basic Instinct." Judd Nelson, whom I think is the star of this film, plays David, a novelist who is seriously injured in a car accident. Much of the action consists of flashbacks explaining how and why he got there. There's a beautiful model named Annabelle (Laurence Treil), who, for some odd reason, is taller than every man in the cast. I hate to be unkind, but her skills do not include acting. Pierce Brosnan has a confusing role as an enigmatic man who steals the authorship of David's book for reasons that are never satisfactorily explained. To me, anyway. The "entangled" part refers to strange and convoluted plot, which includes David's passionate affair with Annabelle, a book that he writes that is published anonymously, and a couple of unintentional murders. There is a total lack of believable motivation. There is a lot of nudity, all Annabelle's. There are flashbacks within flashbacks, which I find annoying. At one point, Judd has extensive facial injuries and is walking around dragging one leg; I kept thinking of Igor in "Young Frankenstein." Roy Dupuis plays Max, David's mildly bohemian best friend, who sleeps around and takes photos of tourists for a living. He looks great; he wears jeans, boots, and a leather jacket, and has the longish tousled hair and the beard stubble that we all know and love so well. He's only in the first (and better) half of the movie and is basically there so that Judd has someone to emote to. In fact, Roy's intensity overshadows Judd's in a couple of scenes. Maybe if Roy had played the lead, this movie would have been better... no, I don't think anything could have saved it. The blurb on the video container tells us, "You will surely be astounded and moved by the bewildering conclusion of Entangled." I was not astounded or moved, although I was indeed bewildered. This movie is painful to watch. It's almost as bad as "Free Money." Frankly, the best thing about it is the Parisian scenery, and the brief glimpse we get of Roy in a towel. One out of four stars, Billie |
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