How (J-)Lo can you go????!

Ok, so I admit it: the reason I wanted to see this film was NOT to watch Jennifer Lopez grow as an actor, NOT to see Michael Apted's latest directorial outing, and NOT to witness the horror of the superb Juliette Lewis actually relegated to portraying The Obligatory Loyal Friend. No, the reason I went was because I wanted to see J-Lo kick that sorry sucker's a##.

I realized going in that this was gonna be yer basic Sleeping With the Enemy retread, and I also knew that as an audience we were gonna be depressingly manipulated (to hate the husband and whoop for the wife), but I didn't care. I still wanted to see how they filmed The Big Scene. And they did a good job, J-Lo was great, it was extremely believable and people in the theatre cheered and clapped. (I clapped too, ok? I mean I'm only human.) But enough already. I mean did we really need a film like this? - exploitative, formula-driven and appealing to everyone's most basest instincts? Because this film exists only for that sole reason - to watch J-Lo kick butt.

And more importantly: is this justification enough for a sequel? Where she remarries - this time, a seemingly-innocent book store clerk (played by...of course...Robin Williams), who turns into a deranged, bile-spewing wife-threatening psycho by act two? Do we need this? Do we!? Do we?! And would I go see it if they made it? You bet your a##.