Review of B. Monkey (1999) by Joe E — 09 Jul 2009

B. Monkey (1999).

What is it about latin women that makes my heart skip a beat? Those dark eyes burn right through my grey eyes, to my very soul. And that attitude and passion scares the hell out of me. They don't even need to be all that beautiful, but when they are, it's a knock out. That's how I feel about Asia Argento. Ever since I saw her in XXX, I was drawn to her like a moth to a flame. B. Monkey clinched it with those beautiful nude scenes.

Well, that pretty much is what happened to Alan Furnace (Jared Harris), a mild-mannered 3rd grade grammar school teacher who sees Beatrice (Argento) AKA B. Monkey, in a pub, and is drawn to her. B. Monkey is a jewel thief, and the crowd that she hangs out with is pretty wild and crazy compared to the more sedate life of Alan's. She wants to get out of the business, and is drawn to Alan just as Alan is drawn to the excitement of B Monkey.

Things start getting complicated when B.'s friends want her to do one last big score. This time Alan may get sucked into it. This is sort of a neo noir movie, in that a nice guy gets caught up with a femme fatale, but actually, everyone is going down in flames together. But, what a warm, fiery blaze! :-).