Incontro casuale

I've read the other reviews of this film with some interest in their

diversity of opinions. Those who questioned Berkley's range as an

actress must not have seen "Showgirls (1995)." In that movie she

played Nomi Malone,a slutty, low-class-to-the-bone, dancing star

wannabe. I see a lot of contrast here, especially in her formal,

dress-up scenes. In "Any Given Sunday (1999)," she played a little

different role, Mandy Murphy, a sexy cocktail party seductress,

trying to hit on Al Pacino. "That's ok, I like older men,"...or

something like that. I must admit that I haven't seen her as a WWF

girl or a mud wrestling scene, for that matter. But I hope that kind of

stuff is not required to establish "range."

What kept my attention during "Random Encounter" was the

almost Hitchcockian plot, complete with surprise ending (surprise

to me, anyway). Although the clues were scattered throughout the

movie, it was late in the film when I figured out "who dunnit."

This film also reminded me of the Jag Mundhra film "Sexual Malice

(1994)," in which Diana Barton plays a role similar to Berlkey's in

"Random Encouner."

I think it is one of the best of its genre. (But since I'm the only

person on my block who refuses to watch "reality tv" and recent

Coors commercials, don't trust my taste.)