It looks like Willem Dafoe and Christopher Walken had fun making this, and they turn in fine performances. When do they not, right? Asia Argento is good too, though Abel Ferrara was a little excessive in how often he had her writhing around erotically. His storytelling was also a mixed bag. I liked how he didn't fill in all the details and had the plot simply jump forward from time to time, but it seemed like a little bit more of it should have been fleshed out. The final twenty minutes have one of the characters reliving how things went wrong, which was unique and imparted that haunting feeling many of us have while experiencing profound regret, but it did get to feeling like too much of a rehash, especially since the truth remained elusive. Polished up a bit this could have been a real gem, but it's not so bad as it is.
Review of New Rose Hotel
