Wild Side

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Wild Side ★★ 1995 (R)

Bank employee Alex (Heche) moonlights as a hooker and gets caught in a federal sting operation. Forced to inform on one of her clients, Bruno (Walken), who's involved in a money-laundering scheme, Alex complicates matters by falling in love with Bruno's mistress, Victoria (Chen). The unrated version is 96 minutes. Original director Cammell (who retained his screenwriter's credit) removed his name from the film after disagreeing with cuts made by the production company. 90m/C VHS, DVD . Anne Heche, Christopher Walken, Joan Chen, Steven Bauer; D: Franklyn Brauner; W: Donald Cammell, China Cammell.

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