Architect Ray Reardon (James Spader) is newly divorced and ripe for the come-on carnality of Lena Mathers, played by Mädchen Amick of Twin Peaks. No sooner does Ray marry his dream girl than the nightmare begins. Has Lena lied about her past? Or is Ray having a breakdown? It's a nifty setup for an erotic thriller. Amick and Spader take a lot of sexual positions where she's the spider and he's the fly. And they go at it with astounding conviction.

Just don't ask what's what. Nothing in this glossy package -- buffed to a high sheen by cinematographer Jean-Yves Escoffier -- is touched by logic. Writer Nicholas Kazan (Reversal of Fortune), making his directing debut, also makes the first-timer's mistakes: arty shots of objects that portend great meaning, editing tricks that suggest a world out of joint and close-ups of the characters' eyes that hint at dark secrets. Kazan's technique drafts seductive promises that the empty-headed Dream Lover can't keep.

“(We're Not) The Jet Set”

George Jones and Tammy Wynette were still married when they recorded the tongue-in-cheek "(We're Not) The Jet Set." The lyrics, written by Nashville songwriter Bobby Braddock, who also penned Wynette's "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" and Jones' "He Stopped Loving Her Today," make fun of the good life by declaring, "We're not the Jet Set/We're the old Chevrolet set." Braddock recalled that while writing the song, he needed the name of a city that evened out the rhyme he had with "Riviera" and "Missourah." “I got out a Rand McNally atlas," he said. "In the first part are the maps. The last part is an alphabetical listing of cities. I wanted a rustic, small-time sound. I went to the listing for Missouri. And I found 'Festus.' I loved the sound of it."