If Malice is remembered for one thing, it is Alec Baldwin’s tour de force performance during a legal deposition. When questioned about whether he has a "God complex," Jed Hill doesn't just deny it; he embraces it with terrifying eloquence.

While Baldwin provides the fire, Nicole Kidman provides the ice. Playing Tracy Kennsinger, a young wife suffering from severe ovarian complications, Kidman was at the height of her "ice queen" era. However, to view Tracy as a victim is to fall for the film’s central trap.