 A powerful husband. An unfaithful wife. A jealous lover. All of them have a motive. Each of them have a plan. Wall Street titan Steven Taylor seems like a devoted husband. He isn't. Beautiful Emily Bradford Taylor seems like a faithful wife. She isn't. And when Steven hires Emily's lover to kill her, it seems like A Perfect Murder. It isn't. In fact, little is what it seems in this sleek thriller. Cast Notes: Michael Douglas (Steven Taylor), Gwyneth Paltrow (Emily Bradford Taylor), Viggo Mortensen (David Shaw), David Suchet (Mohamed Karaman), Sarita Choudhury (Raquel Martinez), Michael P. Moran (Bobby Fain), Novella Nelson (Ambassador Alice Wills), Constance Towers (Sandra Bradford), Will Lyman (Jason Gates), Maeve McGuire (Ann Gates), Stephen Singer (Effete Man at Met), Laurinda Barrett (Met Woman #1), Aideen O'Kelly (Met Woman #2), Reed Birney (Merchant Prince #1), Vincent Smith (Merchant Prince #2 [as Robert Vincent Smith]). User Comment: pro-andy Helsingborg, Sweden • This is a very exciting movie.The actors are great especially Michael Douglas who is perfect as Steven Tyler who wants his wife dead and hire her lover (Viggo Mortensen) to kill her.But something goes wrong and now Steven doesn't control the situation anymore.It´s almost as good as Hitchkock's first movie which this is based on. James Newton-Howard's music is also good. I´m not a fan of Gwyneth Paltrow but she is actually rather good in this movie. I didn't like her parts in Emma and Sliding Doors. Viggo Mortensen is very good as David Shaw who Steven hires to kill his wife. David Suchet is great as the suspicious cop who doesn't trust Steven when everybody else thinks that he is a good guy. You can watch this movie and afterwards you just can't let it go out from your head. Michael Douglas has found his right style in this kind of movies.Wall Street,The Game and this one is perfect examples of a great Douglas-film. OK he was also good in Falling Down and Fatal Attraction but this Douglas is much better. Summary: Great thriller... IMDb Rating (08/07/04): 6.4/10 from 8,380 users
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