New York theater director Jay Stern's adaptation of the Jacobean revenge play by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley — which he characterizes as "period-piece pulp fiction" — retains the 17th century language while relocating the original's Spanish setting to the U.S. in what appears to be the early 20th century.
The plot's fulcrum is well-born, superficially virtuous Beatrice-Johanna (Wendy Herlich), who resolves to murder systematically to simplify her tangled affairs of the heart. At the behest of her father (James Prendergast), she's accepted a marriage proposal from Alonzo (Craig Wichman), whom she doesn't love. She wants Alsemero (Chris Brady), and so...
Released:
2007
Rated:
NR
Length:
82 mins