Art critic Jan Kokkin noted the characteristic Odd Nerdrum style of the work, but also added that it was "somewhat anatomically dubious, with the artificially protruding right shoulder of the man".

Both Kokkin and Harald Flor noted the symbiosis between Nerdrum's work and Thomas Saenger's photo art Persona.

[4] In a dark, rocky coastal landscape, a nude man with open mouth and twisted arms is falling headlong toward the ground.

A nude woman armed with a knife is hanging in the air, falling over the man or clinging to his leg.

According to Pettersson, this episode is also reflected in paintings such as Woman with Fish, Mann med steinbit and Man Bitten by a Snake.