movie poster for RIPLEY'S GAME

Flicks ID

11005

Cert

15

Running time

110 mins

Country

Language

Format

DVD

RIPLEY'S GAME (2002)

LILIANA CAVANI

Plot

Tom Ripley returns, but he's no longer the desperate and confused young psychopath of his early years, this Ripley is assured and cultured, a man who knows exactly who he is and what he aspires to. Unfortunately for Jonathan Trevanny, a local picture framer, Ripley overhears him voicing his contempt for his artistic taste, an innocent enough insult for most of us but acceptable reason for a dark psychological and ultimately murderous revenge for Ripley. Ripley's game is a smooth and sophisticated thriller though it lacks the pace and intensity of Patricia Highsmith's first adaptation, The Talented Mister Ripley.