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The motivation at the centre of Bryan Singer's follow up to his scintilating debut, The Usual Suspects, is not so much dubious as blurred.

Congratulations are in order to Shattered Glass helmer Billy Ray for playing it straight and subtle, resisting the temptation to jazz up the action quota and indulge in Hollywood speechifying.

For all its flaws - and it has many - Crimes Of Passion is a vibrant and unforgettable film.

Wonderfully detailed sets make it easy to become immersed in the wold Teo has created.

The surprises aren't, because a) you don't care, and b) you guessed it already.

There's great potential in the family drama at the heart of this film, to the point where one wonders if this constituted the whole of the original script and the vengeance-seeking spider goddess was added later.

The script, which was partly improvised, is unsentimental and fierce.

Lords Of Salem is probably the director's most (ahem) 'mature' work yet - that being said, maybe next time he should give someone else's script a chance.

The story is told with compassion, simplicity and (dare I say it?) love.

The production values and high octane performances make this an entertaining piece of hokum, although the sentimental denouement is a disappointment.

It feels like a natural successor to Gordon’s work, and a film of which he would have been proud.

I'm afraid this can't leap buildings in a single bound, no matter what the hype says.