Director Gore Verbinski and writer Matthew Robinson are not afraid to go to some strange and dark places, shifting tones and trusting their viewers to keep up. It is wild, exciting and tremendously enjoyable. I sincerely hope it finds a big audience.

It mines the role reversal for several good moments, especially her pleasure at turning the tables on him. Unfortunately, the final act is underwhelming, ending things on a middling note.

This is a complex production that does a lot of the right things, from a director who is always challenging himself and his audience. This is a very good movie.

It is not a good movie, though it certainly isn’t the disaster I was expecting, either. It is about two-thirds of a serviceable thriller. That’s not bad for January.