His father, a well-known assassin, is deceased, but he operates under the constant watchful gaze of his domineering mother, Louisa, who wants him to preserve the family reputation.

Rose is an ingenious con artist, who manages to sell a fake Rembrandt, painted by her friend in the Restoration Department of the National Gallery, to Ferguson, a billionaire, for £900,000.

Victor takes the contract, but misses several opportunities to kill her, finally giving up the attempt entirely as he falls in love with his intended victim.

The website's consensus reads: "An ineptly staged farce that dishonors the original film and squanders the comedic potential of its fine actors.

[6] One of the more favorable reviews was given by Steven Rea at The Philadelphia Inquirer, giving the film two-and-a-half out of four stars, praising its lead actors for carrying the "slight screwball thriller" and noting that the screenplay "delivers enough drolleries and a workable running gag or two.