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kosarasui FILM REVIEW: THE LAST SEDUCTION The Last Seduction NYT Critic's Pick Directed by John Dahl Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller R 1h 50m Credit... The New York Times Archives See the article in its original context from October 26, 1994, Section C, Page 13 Buy Reprints TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. A hired assassin, an innocent fall guy and a husband and wife intent on killing each other made a sterling film noir spectacle out of "Red Rock West, " John Dahl's recently released sleeper. Now Mr. Dahl, whose work will never again fall into the sleeper category, is back with "The Last Seduction, " which makes his earlier miscreants look like a collection of cream puffs. "Red Rock West" was memorably smart and steely. But it's a walk in the park picking buttercups compared with this. Nothing else about "The Last Seduction" is as polite or colorless as its title. Certainly not Bridget Gregory (Linda Fiorentino), the hot, slinky monster who is this film's central character. There were 1940's noir heroines with Bridget's brand of undiluted self-interest, but she also throws in a few tricks from the "Basic Instinct" school of interpersonal relations. Only in the insect or animal worlds are there comparable models for feminine behavior. And the female praying mantis is nicer to her mates than Bridget is to the men in this movie. It takes about five minutes for Mr. Dahl to establish Bridget's breathtaking ruthlessness, as she robs her husband Clay (Bill Pullman) of the proceeds from a drug deal. Maybe she does this because Clay treated her a litt