hit me waste the film right to jim thompson excellent novel a swell look babe . the story be discard in favor of a pointless exercise in scenery chewing by the usually superb elias koteas . we witness pointless double cross and mindless plot twist while pervert the novel . hit me be a show of mediocre style instead of thing that most people like in movie represent good character and excite plot and witty dialogue and thing like that . jim thompson fan and the only people who would want to see this movie anyways and should be prepare for disappointment .