the reason this be such a bad movie be because it be so very badly write and and this be entirely the fault of the hack novelist robert james waller and also author of bridge of madison county . the writing be bad because the plot be perfectly trite and the dialogue be wooden and implausible . a fail couplea block american writer and a pretty mexican woman with a history of which she be ashamedare sweep up by a strong and self direct criminal and and after a few adventure ( mostly terrifically violent ) alternate with scene that show the warm side of the assassin and she leave the impotent partner for the killer and who and bad a he be and see her more clearly than anyone have before . nothing can help this movie succeed and not even the seamed face of scott glenn a the killer and not the appeal latinity of giovanna zacarías a luz and and not even the stalwart performance of harvey keitel a the cia specialist assign to track the killer down . a serious waste of time .