A man gets involved in a kidnapping scheme with the wife of a wealthy businessman. She lets herself be tied up and confined in his house while he sends the ransom demand. When he returns home that night, however, he finds her laying dead on the floor. In a panic he buries her body deep in the woods and tries to return to his ordinary life. One day, he thinks he spots her walking down the street. Is his mind playing tricks on him, or has she somehow returned from the grave?
A couple of years after Hideo Nakata directed one of the most iconic horror films ever with Ringu (1998) he tried his hands at a thriller involving a kidnap scheme which gets way out of control. It doesn't have the same weight as his other horror films like Dark Water (2002), but it's still a good film from the time Nakata actually made good films. The dark plot and direction reminds me a bit of Kiyoshi Kurosawa, and while it's by no means as good as his Cure (1997) it still evokes some of those sinister undertones beneath a stylish thriller.
Genre: Crime/Mystery/Thriller
