Review of Never Talk to Strangers

This 1995 erotic thriller has some of the right ingredients: primarily the rich, Bernard Herrmann-like music score by Pino Donaggio, and the good cast. Rebecca De Mornay is ideal for portraying repressed fire, Antonio Banderas can easily switch from likable to potentially dangerous, Dennis Miller and Harry Dean Stanton provide lively support (Miller gets the best line in the film: "I am Sisyphus with a hard-on!"). The De Mornay - Banderas erotic scenes are quite steamy. It's a well-done film of its type, but the ending is telegraphed in advance, and the final psychological explanations are clichéd. A moderate success. **1/2 out of 4.