Double Indemnity begins in classic noir style with a sense of something bad to happen immediately when Neff walks into the office, as the music that defines this genre follows him up to where he makes his confession. Neff 's confession as the narrative for the entire movie makes it very easy to follow the sequence of events, because it is like someone sitting down to tell you a story. The flashbacks to him sitting t

The factor of money is obviously prevalent in both movies, but in very different ways. The one similarity, is that the women are after the money, however, the roles are slightly reversed. Neff, and Wendy basically have the same job, with one large difference. Wendy is doing it for the money, and Neff is doing it to get to Phyllis. The men are so caught up in the women, that they are forgetting that the risks are far outweighing the rewards. Neff was getting a certain percentage of what Phyllis was awarded, but Mike was guaranteed nothing except his belief that he would spend the rest of his life in a big city with Wendy. Another difference in the money issue is the fact that Wendy already had the money in her hands, but needed a way to get her husband out of the picture, so she could do what she wanted with it. Neff and Phyllis were banking on the fact that the murder would go off without difficulty, and the insurance company would buy the story. Neff knew the rewards if his plan went through, $100,000. Wendy was always very vague when telling Mike about the rewards of killing. He knew there was a large sum of money involved, but he was more worried about staying with her.

here, smoking his cigarette as he knows he has been sucked into doing something he wouldn't ordinarily do capture the true mood of what's to come. What he also can't come to grips with is the fact that all this was over a woman. Both men in the movies, though you only see them after one particular girl, seem to be quite fickle. Walter sees Phyllis at the top of the stares, and almost immediately is at her mercy. The scenes where the men in both movies meet the girls that they think are the women of their dreams, are almost identical. Walter tries to sweet talk Phyllis, but she quickly lets Neff know that she is uninterested, and brings up her husband's name on which note Neff leaves. Mike first meets "Wendy" in Ray's Bar after she finds out that Chicago is another 10-12 hours. Mike's attention immediately turns to Wendy as she rudely orders a drink from the bar, and has some choice words for the owner after he denies her of a drink. After buying her drink for her, that doesn't turn out to be the spark of the conversation, due to Wendy's "hands off" personality. So after an attempt to speak to the frigid woman, he reverts to telling her that he's "hung like a horse", on which Wendy checks it out for herself, much to Mike's surprise. One distinct difference in the two men's adventures in getting their women, is that Mike had it much easier than Neff. After a few short questions from Wendy, Mike finds himself sleeping with her, while Neff is left to contemplate his future with Phyllis.

Outside of the color factor when comparing the two movies, you can tell which one is more modern by the way sex and booze is so heavily emphasized in The Last Seduction. Walter Neff and Phyllis are never shown doing more than kissing, as Mike and Wendy get right down to things on the first night they meet. Wendy never showed any emotion in the sexual scenes because she never wanted Mike to get any idea that she had feelings for him. Although if Mike had known that she did feel some emotion for him, as Phyllis did, he may have been more likely to go along with her plan in the first place.

The four main characters in these movies have their lives turned around in relatively no time at all. Neff is on a regular house call to renew an insurance policy when he suddenly finds a girl that completely changes his personality, and behavior. Mike is sitting in the bar with his friends, talking about how they shouldn't get involved with Beston women because they are "anchors", and then he finds himself waking up next to one. Phyllis, who is very unhappy with her marriage, but doesn't know quite what to do about it, suddenly is making the decision to end her misery, and is leaving it up to what is basically a com

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