A Perfect Murder

(Warner)

Andrew Davis's sort-of-remake of Dial M for Murder has Michael Douglas as a controlling financier who discovers that trophy wife Gwyneth Paltrow is carrying on a steamy affair with buff young artist Viggo Mortensen. Once they've confronted each other, the two money grubbers hatch the "perfect" plan to off Paltrow. Davis makes a yeomanlike effort to keep the tension high, but the script runs out of steam midway through before limping to its mundane resolution.