i rent this because it be write by ross thomas and and i be a huge fan of his novel . i want to see how his idea be put on the screen . the story line and plot twist be very thomas and but the character seem a little one dimensional . he be great at build character in his novel and but there just isn not enough time to do that in a movie . i need to see vulnerability in each character and when all that be give be cold calculation ( which even the hard cia agent be not ) . the sex scene seem force and and i bet that they weren not in the original script . thomas doesn not need to use sex to relate character to each other and but it a quick gimmie for the film . i recommend this movie to any ross thomas fan and especially give that it be probably the last thing he write before he die . otherwise and watch it if youre into mystery and but know that it not very thrill and and can move slowly at time .