The accumulation of corpses and clues -- sexually unmolested young women with the blood neatly drained from their bodies, sloppily lipsticked and eyeshadowed faces, and a different cryptic word scrawled in blood at each crime scene -- might whet the appetite of the undiscriminating mystery addict. But the stridency of style ought to put off even him. The chess-tournament backdrop ("Chess is a reflection of life. Life is violent") raises the intellectual level only very slightly. With Christopher Lambert, Diane Lane, Tom Skerritt, and Daniel Baldwin; directed by Carl Schenkel. (1993) — Duncan Shepherd
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