with all the european studio involve in this one and you would think you would at least get some pretty photography while but the local color be keep to a minimum . irritation # 1 be mira sorvino use a russian accent in order to play a spanish cop wtf . the story be hopelessly confused . there a suppose romantic back story that be intentionally confuse be she or isn not she a lesbian . serve no purpose whatsoever . the cop in the movie be the most stupid to have grace a serial killer film in a long time . there seem to be some message about the mid 30 spanish civil war but since pretty much everybody involve in that be dead and one doesn not see the point in it . despite the bull fight backdrop of part of the narrative ( which part . who can tell ) and you never even get a good look at a bull fight . earnest hemingway would have punch the director in the nose with my blessing .