In "U-turn," the double-cross swiftly metastasizes into a triple-cross and then some, all of them with Grace at the toxically sweet center, drawing Bobby in with irresistible force.
JENNIFER LOPÈZ U TURN FULL
"U-Turn," which was based on the novel "Stray Dogs" by John Ridley and adapted for the screen by the author, takes its plotting from the familiar film noir template: A naive, if not wholly innocent, drifter stumbles into a town full of secrets and promptly becomes embroiled in a troubled marriage and a nasty double-cross scheme (think "Out of the Past" and, in its more recent incarnation, John Dahl's "Red Rock West"). Ripping a page out of David Lynch's daybook, these aren't even Bobby's most bizarre encounters: Bobby has a dingbat Lolita (Claire Danes), her pugilistic suitor ( Joaquin Phoenix) and a blind, homily-spouting shaman to contend with as well (this actor is so unrecognizable it would spoil the fun to name him here). It doesn't take long for Bobby to meet Superior's more notable citizens, among them a lurking sheriff (Powers Boothe), a sleazy real estate tycoon ( Nick Nolte, looking like a cross between John Huston and a jackalope) and Grace ( Jennifer Lopez), the parodic epitome of the femme fatale whose powers of seduction make a man want to give it all up and take her to Milwaukee. Quick, what was Bobby's first mistake? Was it to take the money with him and risk its coming to grief in the middle of a grocery store robbery? Was it to leave his gun behind, where Darrell might possibly find it and sell it (or worse)? No, Bobby made his first mistake when he came to a fork in the road, veered right and headed toward Superior, a town so redolent of venality that the church has closed in self-defense.
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