To be honest, a movie that can make the decapitation of Dane Cook feel like an anticlimax, can't be very good.

You could make a case for Basic Instinct having certain giallo-touches.

Although I don't know that much of Bogdanovich's work, I have watched Illegally Yours, and that was some lousy comedy, worse than Jack. Yes, that's right, I' rather watch the combined forces of Robin Williams and Fran Drescher than watch that piece of shit again. Also, Cape Fear might not be perfect, it at least made…

Wait a minute! So there are two Thompson novels about quiet sheriffs who turn into psycho killers?

The Killer Inside Me
Sorry to say, guys, but Thompson's novel was already adapted by the French. Coup de torchon, from 1981, with brilliant performances by Philippe Noiret and Isabelle Huppert. I bet the new one can't beat that one. Although I'm hoping to catch more of Jessica Alba's ass.