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In cinema, thankfully, there are no absolutes and no easy answers. Sure, there are generalities but a great film, especially with a transcendent performance, can take those rules and tear them into a million pieces.

It’s a cliché, but they simply don’t make thrillers like this anymore: smart, sharp, adult.

That it succeeds is mostly due to Fonda. Calling her performance powerhouse would be a grand understatement.

The film is meticulously made, offering a swirl of tension -- aided in this by Michael Small's haunting score -- and Fonda is indeed fantastic, even if the role she's playing happens to be a Hollywood staple of outdated moors.