PUBLISHERS WEEKLY-Dolores Darewas once a starry-eyed ingénue, fresh off the bus from Muncie with aheart full of Hollywood dreams. Today, she's an enforcer whose life is confinedto Tinseltown's shadows. When an old friend shows up in a dumpster, however, thetension between Dare's past and present peaks-with violent results. Dare isembittered, exhausted, but ultimately hungry for justice. Though this midcenturynoir treads familiar ground-slain starlets, mob bosses making their moves,intrepid journalists getting their hands dirty-Harvey (Batman) presents thestory with style and verve. Levens (Madame Frankenstein) brings a wonderfulvisual weight to the cast: dresses drape luxuriously, suits strain at theshoulders, and the set lights throw the glamour and decay into sharp relief.This is Hollywood mystery at its most classic.
