extremity be the disturbing and yet rivet screen version of a play by william mastriosimone ( who adapt his own play for the screen ) about a woman who be attack in her car one night by a would be rapist on her way home and be terrify when she realize the man get her purse and know where she live . after her roommate leave for work the next day and the guy show up at her home and attempt to rape her . the story take a surprising twist when and at one point and the woman turn the table on the man and be able to overpower him while but when she realize there be no way that attempt rape can be prove and if the man be arrest and he will just get off and she decide to keep him prisoner in the house until she can get a confession out of him . far fetched . maybe . disturb . definitely and but there a wonderfully claustrophobic feel about this film and especially the middle with just the woman and her attacker and that you can not help but feel completely a part of what go on . i do not see the play on broadway and but i would imagine a piece like this work good onstage and but that doesn not make this film any less rivet an experience . farrah fawcett and one of the last actress to do the role on broadway and be award the role of marjorie in the film version and deliver a taut and deeply move performance a the victim who refuse to be a victim . many critic find fawcett performance to be one note and but for me and marjorie be a woman completely numb by what she have be through and the performance work for me . james russo and in the performance of his career and be slimy and menace a the would be rapist who find marjorie to be much more of a challenge than he assume . alfre woodard and diana scarwid co star a marjorie roommate and who come home after marjorie have overpower the guy and have him tie up and stuff in their fireplace upon their arrival . and it the arrival of the roommate that take the story to an unexpected level because they do not see what we saw marjorie go through and therefore and think she should call the police and let them handle the guy . not for the faint of heart and but if you can stand it and a gripping film experience anchor by a lead performance that will surprise you .