Wicked Temptations

This film isn't related to "Sinful Temptations"; similar names are common in this genre. I already ranted about that, but it does deserve mentioning again.

When I read the cast listing and the credits, the name "Scarlet Johansing" stood out to me. Who the heck is this? When Scarlet first appeared on camera, however, I knew who it was right away. Aliases aside, Scarlet Johansing is my favorite B-movie babe Monique Parent, this time as a red-head. This film had a suprisingly good plot to it, and it always helps that Monique was in top form.

Monique plays Samantha Sharpe, a detective who talks as if she's watched one too many film noir movies from the '40s. She's hot on the trail of a man accused of killing his wife. It's your standard murder-mystery, with the standard double-cross ending. Not too innovative, but it does keep the film moving along nicely.

Women: A (Monique Parent is enough for me, but then we have female pornstars abound, such as big-boobed Angelica Sin, Wanda Curtis and Keri Windsor. Tess Broussard was something else, too. Very few films I've seen have rounded up a better cast of women.)

Sex: B (It was good, but not great. The scenes were kinda short and Monique only had two of them. I'm a sucker for big boobs, though.)

Story: B+ (The script uses some elements from old film noir movies, including having Monique's character speak in a firm tone. If they had her using hard-boiled detective language too, it would have slipped firmly into parody territory. I don't know if they were going for that, but it sure seemed like it.)

Overall: B+ (A nice sendup of murder-mystery movies, with the right mix of sex worked into it. Well done.)