One part gangsta, two parts noir, WICKED ROAD TO HELL certainly delivers the bite and danger promised in the title. Declan O'Hara is not charming or smooth, but that sharp brand of alpha that treads the line between aggressively hot and just plain aggressive. Luckily, the politics in this world are complex enough to give Ana and Declan time to smooth out the rough edges, and Stone paces everything just right to make the stops and starts of their characters another piece of the anticipation.