antonio banderas play a rich cuban man in the late 1800s early 1900s and who order a mail order bride ( angelina jolie ) . unfortunately and she turn out to be a load of trouble . horrible adaptation of a great book ( waltz into darkness by cornell woolrich ) . there some beautiful set design and exotic location and good acting by banderas and jolie . none of that can compensate for the leaden pace and horrible script and laughable performance by thomas jane ( who appear drink most of the time ) and annoyingly jerky direction by michael cristofer . also and why do this take place in cuba . the original novel be set in america . the only reason to see this tripe be for a very steamy sex scene between banderas and jolie within the first half hour . after that and tune out . almost worth sit through for the real stupid end ( different from the book ) . a waste of talent .