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2/4
Dull Water
Chris Kavan - wrote on 04/03/2022
After a long hiatus, Adrian Lyne, the director behind 9½ Weeks, Fatal Attraction and Indecent Proposal, returns for another tawdry thriller - but somewhere along the way, forgot about the thrills. I was hoping that Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas would provide some heat, but there is little spark between the way-too-stoic and dead-eyed Affleck and the too party-hearty teasing de Armas.
The set-up is that Vic (Affleck) is a wealthy man, having invented the computer chip that helps power the nation's fleet of drones. His has a wife, Melinda (de Armas) and young daughter, Trixie (an impish and scene-stealing Grace Jenkins). They also have a quite unconventional relationship in that Melinda is very much into younger men - and drinking - and, while on the surface Vic seems fine with her …
