The Fall

1999 Rated R · ⭐ 5 · Votes: 2

In Budapest two Americans live together. Adam a former Manhattan prosecutor at work on his first novel and Lisa a cool hard-working financier who idolizes her boss (former Communist turned deal maker Kovacs) as she tires of Adam's lifestyle. Cut to the subway where two tough guys are pursuing Marta a blond waif. She manages to surprise one of them in a hallway dispatching him with a straight razor and she barges into Adam's apartment to elude the other. She tells Adam why she is running a story that implicates Kovacs and she seeks Adam's help and affection. He takes her side and slowly Lisa Adam Kovacs Marta and her pursuer draw toward a showdown.