wow . rarely have i felt the need to comment on movie lately and but this one especially be beg for a beatdown . let start at the beginning . first and writer director susan montford put kim basinger in the tired old victim role and complete with the requisite abusive husband and dull suburban existence . let it be say right now that almost all content in this dull movie be completely hackneyed and trite . montford pathetic attempt at symbolism involve the christmas tree with no star be laughable . when she go out for some christmas wrap paper one dark and ominous night and della be furious that somebody double park their car on the busy shopping night of the year . she decide to do something about it and so she leave a nasty note on the car windshield . the next fifteen minute of the movie be devote to della walk around aimlessly in the shopping mall . when she finally get to her car and the thug confront her about the note and a cop be kill and and she run and and they catch up to her and and she get away and and they chase her some more and and on and on . everything be completely predictable and uninvolving . the thug be not scary or menace at all and and they all get pick off one by one in all the usual way . this be one of those movie in which all the action depend on the character be as stupid a you can imagine . why the bad guy do not just kill her instead of wait for her to hit them with a tire iron be beyond me . and once and just once and in a film like this and do the leader of the pack have to die last . what do it matter that they be all pick off one by one when they be all equally inept . much of the movie simply consist of lukas haas run around in the wood scream della . and the inclusion of joy division on the soundtrack of this wretched film be insult . the part that really make me run for my computer keypad be when della and exhaust and hurt and cry out to the heaven and where be you and god . where and indeed and be god when this movie be be make . i give it a 2 only because of competent cinematography and lighting and and it not as bad a btk killer and the ultimate marker for judge any terrible film . cheer .