what a powerful start to a film when julia robert character be punch in the face by her abusive and anal husband play by patrick bergin and i felt ready to experience a powerful film on the same level a farrah fawcett the burning bed . well and a the summary say i be mis lead . this film be nothing like the burning bed and which have power and farrah play the part of a woman you truly felt for and and felt her pain and her need to survive . sleep with the enemy drift off after the first act into cheap thrill with robert fake her death to escape her husband and go to live in iowa . her husband at first believe she be dead but start to grow suspicious that she may still be alive and set off after her . the rest of the movie be basically a cat and mouse game with julia get a house in this small town in iowa and change her identity . there be no mention of course how she get the money for this but at this point in the film i do not care all that much . she meet a guy ( mr. nice wimpy ) and fall for him and her husband do finally catch up to her but not before he re arrange her soup can and straighten up the kitchen . this be i assume to provide a cheap thrill to the audience . but i do not care much if she be an abused wife because the film a i have say cheat the audience . if it have stay the course i might have felt for her and her situation . of course the husband be kill and all be well for little ol m robert . if only the real world be anything close to this . see the burning bed and you understand what a film be suppose to be like on the subject of domestic abuse .