'The Last Seduction' is an erotic thriller / neo-noir that shows Linda Fiorentino has more range then I would have expected. After stealing close to a million dollars from her crooked doctor husband (Bill Pullman), Linda takes on an assumed name and settles in a small upstate New York town to let temperatures cool down and gain a divorce. While there Linda is romanticly persued by a local insurance claims adjuster (Peter Berg) of limited prospects. However, Linda enjoys him sexually and gradually formulates other ways he could be useful to her. Unusual in haveing the Fem Fatal as the lead character, Fiorentino gives what is probably a career best performance; the film is consistently interesting and leaves you guessing. Going in I suspected there was a good chance I wouldn't finish it, but I just had to stick around and find out how it ended, I'm glad I did. Roger Ebert's 5th favorite film of 1994. ***1/2
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