Ridiculous; manipulative; and utterly irresistible; this push-button thriller instantly qualifies as a guilty pleasure; even when you know it's just a B-movie potboiler with moxie to spare. Taking a savvy clue from Ashley Judd's Double Jeopardy and any number of endangered-female melodramas from Hollywood's golden age; Jennifer Lopez stars as a blue-collar beauty who marries the really wrong guy (Billy Campbell). Eventually; of course; she discovers his philandering and spends the rest of the movie in nomadic flight from his hot-tempered brutality. Bankrolled by her estranged father (Fred Ward); she protects her young daughter; but knowing she must face the inevitable showdown with Campbell; she buffs up with Krav Maga self-defense courses and... well; we won't spoil the "surprise." With Campbell doing everything but twirl his mustache; this shameless provocation is beneath the talents of director Michael Apted; but with J. Lo in charge; it's a revenge fantasy that's guaranteed to please. --Jeff Shannon