A lightweight riff on Bertolucci's magnificent "Last Tango In Paris" finds a couple strike a deal whereby he will pay her to spend three nights in Vegas with him. Well, a holiday in Vegas even if you have to do a bit of sexy dancing for someone? Who could say no? The problem here is that the main character of the film pretty soon establishes itself as Las Vegas. Who cares where that ice cube is going? I wanna see The Stratosphere! And there is the problem...despite some half hearted attempt to inject modernity into it all by making him a computer wizard (though this is never really explored from the cyber sex angle) and despite the washed out colour of the DV flashbacks and some arty shots it is really hard to care. A couple of questions are raised but never answered and the whole film teeters on the verge of being interesting but never engages the viewer. Stil there are some great shots of Vegas!
Review of The Center of the World
