Norman Reedus plays Vincent, a widower obsessed with finding his wife's killer. Vincent and the cops don't have much in the way of clues. The unknown suspect is described as a cab driver who wears a big ring and drives a cab with a damaged left panel. That's about all they know. Vincent's search for justice consists of attacking random cabbies on the street.

Emmanuelle Béart plays Alice, a ne'er-do-well with an insatiable crush on Vincent. She rents an apartment in his building just to be closer to him. She thinks the only reason they aren't in a relationship is that he's too preoccupied with avenging his wife. Alice's solution is to frame someone for the murder so Vincent can kill him and get the closure that he needs. She finds a patsy in the form of a cab driver and boomerang enthusiast named Roger, played with occasional shirtlessness by Harvey Keitel.

Alice's plan has one unavoidable fatal flaw: anyone stupid enough to think it's a good idea is too stupid to pull it off. She's absolutely certain that Vincent will try to kill Roger instead of going to the police, which—okay, maybe, but I wouldn't call it a foregone conclusion. Even if she's right, she's depending on Vincent not only to succeed at killing Roger, but also to get away with it. Given the fecklessness of Vincent's other cabbie attacks, he's unlikely to do either, let alone both. A whole lot of Alice's plan requires serendipitous circumstances and timing that Alice can't control. It's no surprise that her plan eventually falls apart, but it should have fallen apart from jump street. After Roger realizes he's being framed, he comes up with his own plan that's at least as stupid as Alice's.

The leads are solid despite the cartoon characters that the script dooms them to portray. Reedus is appropriately moody as a guy who can't get over his dead wife. Béart does her best to lend nuance to a preposterous femme fatale. Keitel's performance is admirable as long as you don't pay attention to the actual words he's saying. Lily Rabe has a tiny role as a waitress who also has a crush on Vincent but lacks Alice's dedication.

Unless you have a burning need to see Emmanuelle Béart naked, don't bother with this one.

5 out of 10.

Seen on Freevee.