Femme Fatale (2002)

Brian De Palma's slick heist thriller "Femme Fatale" follows a jewel thief who fakes her own death and reinvents herself in Paris. Deception and seduction drive the plot at every turn. Rebecca Romijn headlines as the title character, playing both the con artist and the woman she impersonates. The role demands a cold, physical command that Romijn delivers scene after scene. The archive holds 2 clips pulled from her most exposed stretches on screen. She appears fully naked in a sequence that sets the film's brazen tone early. A later scene folds nudity directly into the story's double-crossing games. Nothing here feels gratuitous. It plays like character work stripped down to its rawest form.