Villainess Review: Iris Quarrie (Final Move)

I watched Final Move during the summer of 2020, and this was quite a thriller. The film began with a brief glimpse to the past, with the scene centering on Thomas Page, who was known as the "Chess Piece Killer." Page's victims were all the same: people who were tried for crimes but avoided conviction due to a technicality. We later see a woman named Sarah Underhill being contacted by a mysterious caller who reminded her that she murdered children, with Sarah boasting that she was found innocent. This was followed by a hooded figure breaking in through Sarah's door, attacking Sarah, and electrocuting her to death with a taser before leaving a chess piece.

It definitely sounds like the M.O. for Thomas Page, but there's one problem: Page was executed before any of this happened. The three people who were on the Page case were on this one: detective Roman Krieg, psychic Dan Marlowe, and FBI agent Iris Quarrie. The investigation sees Dan being contacted by the killer, who teases him with the statement that Page was innocent and they executed the wrong man; all the while, more killings have been committed, and they are all criminals who avoid conviction. The targets were Bobby Sayles (a known child molester), Joseph Kemper (an abuser), and Byron Silvers (a lawyer who gets known criminals acquitted), and afterwareds, the masked and hooded culprit engaged in a confrontation with Dan and Roman at a rooftop before escaping and killing Judge Dilbeck (who was known for giving lenient sentences to criminals).

Roman spotted surveillance footage of Iris at the scene, but later on, Iris was attacked in her home, and revealed to the pair that known criminal Leon Oswald was the culprit. Dan and Roman found Oswald murdered, and a wild goose chase led them to a park where a voice modulator was found with Myron, a friend of Dan's. All the while, Dan's wife (and Roman's sister), Amy, as well as their daughter, Claire, were abducted, and afterwards, the pursuit led them to a warehouse. Roman was shot (non-fatally), and as for Dan, he found his wife and daughter tied up and duct-taped.

Dan also found himself face-to-face with the villainous culprit, whose identity was revealed as Iris, doing so after Iris removed her mask while holding Dan at gunpoint. Iris revealed her motive: she was in love with Dan after they had a tryst during while working on the Page case, but she became furious after Dan ended their relationship in favor of marrying Amy. Iris vowed to get revenge on Dan, and with her knowledge of Page's killings in her mind, she turned villainous and became a copycat murderess herself in order to torment Dan. She staged the attack to further cover her tracks, and she planted the voice modulator to frame Myron, and after her unveiling, Iris boasted about her actions and referred to herself as Dan's "queen."

The madwoman later threw a switch that activated a three-minute bomb that would kill Amy and Claire, and later ordered Dan to do everything he could do to please Iris and convince her not to kill his wife and daughter. Dan's only response was for Iris to seek psychiatric help, and after Roman appeared and caused a distraction, Dan fired several shots at Iris, killing the villainess and saving Amy and Claire.

As much as I enjoyed Final Move, I really loved the film's villainess, Iris Quarrie, and it pleased me even more that she was played by Rachel Hunter. I've wanted Rachel Hunter to play a villainess for a while, though I didn't think she'd play one this deliciously epic and maniacal! I said everything that needed to be said about Iris in my page about her on Villainous Beauties Wiki; she's introduced as a determined and hard-working FBI agent, but as we also see, Iris is bloodthirsty, ruthless, and malevolent. The way Iris switched from her heroic and villainous personalities was immensely masterful, but I really loved the climax, where we see Iris' heel persona in full form. The fact that Iris did all of this, resorted to all of those murders, due to a broken heart? That makes her even more of a madwoman than advertised!

Rachel Hunter acted out every facet of Iris Quarrie to perfection. Her entire performance was amazing, but she stole the entire climax with her reveal and her villainous dialogue afterwards. Iris Quarrie is the ideal villainess; an FBI agent turned evil and scorned murderess, and she had quite the killer disguise as well. The New Zealand-born Hunter is very well known; a famed supermodel who entered the world of acting. She's made many appearances on shows such as The Drew Carey Show and Suddenly Susan, she even did some Lifetime films such as The Perfect Assistant, and music fans definitely known Hunter as "Stacy's Mom" in the music video for Fountains of Wayne's 2003 hit song under the same title.

If you like this story and review, click the heart, and click the subscribe button for more of my stories! Tips and pledges would be greatly appreciated, as they help support my writing, but only if you want to do so!

Check out Iris Quarrie's profile on Villainous Beauties Wiki!