Are snakes necessary? - Brian De Palma

It's like having a new Brian De Palma picture.

- Martin Scorsese, Academy Award-winning director FROM THE DIRECTOR OF SCARFACE AND DRESSED TO KILL -- A FEMALE REVENGE STORY When the beautiful young videographer offered to join his campaign, Senator Lee Rogers should've known better.

But saying no would have taken a stronger man than Rogers, with his ailing wife and his robust libido.

Enter Barton Brock, the senator's fixer.

He's already gotten rid of one troublesome young woman -- how hard could this new one turn out to be? Pursued from Washington D.

to the streets of Paris, 18-year-old Fanny Cours knows her reputation and budding career are on the line.

But what she doesn't realize is that her life might be as well.