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Ill assume the makers wanted to create a thriller with probably some degree of eroticism. However, mid way the plot fell apart or the direction faltered. Whichever it was it went off the rails and copious amounts of sex was thrown in till neither the sex nor the plot had any meaning.

A major reason for my assumption is the storyline which is intricate but inadequately executed. Such storylines are rarely written for erotica( the genre had already run its due course in the 80s & 90s), while the unexplained sex every few minutes adds no coherence to the plot.

This is an fairly decent average budget flick that offers bountiful gratification which isnt hard core and provides some semblance of a storyline that may at best tickle your thinking. Id say, very watchable.

Had a difficult time figuring out what this was supposed to be. Soft porn film, thriller or possibly both?

Starts off reasonably well until the plot device kicks in - man becomes obsessed with woman he's seen. Certainly didn't pull that part off very well at all. Stupid reasoning for why he's so obsessed and also the execution.

Without spoilers, the reasoning for going to the next step about concern for something bad happening and reasoning why others want to know is out of a bad porn movie. Execution rest of the way - silly, stupid, awkward, almost without effort. Erotic, not really a thriller.

So this film gets 1 star for plot, 3 stars for soft porn. And tht should just about give you all you need to know - as well as the message this film leaves. Everyone really underneath it all just wants to do crazy sexual things given the chance. Alrighty then. Next...

No pun intended - this starts off as a movie about infidelity ... in more than one sense (and I really like that it is not one sided) ... but it evolves in something more (sinister) ... again no pun intended. So as you can guess with a subject matter like that, there will be quite a lot of nudity.

You can't be too sensitive about this - and generally have an issue with intercourse of course. This really does tests the line between soft and hard core. There is nothing really explicit (as in showing actual penetration), but it gets really close a lot! But that is not the main selling point of the movie. Or at least I think there is more to it.

Now if they had a bit more work done on the script ... I think it could have been even better. Really interesting and quite topical theme ... the acting is a bit rough to watch ... but it does work overall ... even if you may wonder from time to time, why character act the way they do ... seen worse to be honest, so I was ok with however the movie approached things ... just suspend your disbelief and just ... come as you are! Satisfaction (sort of) guaranteed.

Plot

When reclusive Franklin cheats on his partner with a mysterious girl he meets on a dating app, it becomes the start of a deadly obsession.

Cast

May Kelly and nobody else I'm familiar with.

Verdict

I'm making a May Kelly list (Don't ask) and that's the only reason I wound up watching this. Her movies are usually appalling ITN flicks such as Three Blind Mice, Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey or Mary Had a Little Lamb but sprinkled in there are also some nuggets of actual entertainment, this is not entirely one of them but certainly an improvement on what she normally does.

Essentially an erotic thriller full of softcore action I was quite taken back how graphic it was in places and how long it all went on for. I shouldn't have been surprised about the latter, after all that's what this was always intended to be. If you're wanting a proper feature film you're looking in the wrong place, this is softcore porn with a wafer thin story.

Now regarding the story it wasn't entirely terrible and the twist at the end though not fantastic was at least very unpredictable, I can confidently say nobody will see that coming.

The cast are competent enough, but the characters are contemptable and that's what really damaged the film for me. I'm supposed to root for these people? Absolutely not.

The film is well executed and fairly interesting but horrid characters and this being an erotic thriller with minimal substance really lowered the potential ceiling.

Rants

Erotic thrillers just aren't really much of a thing anymore are they? I think the 90's was when they were at their peak. Whether it be big budget titles like Basic Instinct, Body of Evidence, The Last Seduction or Color of Night or the countless straight to VHS titles there were so very very many of them. Why did they fade out? Did actual porn push them to one side? Are people more prudish? Do people want substance more?

The Good

Fairly interesting Solid twist May Kelly

The Bad

Not much to it beyond the softcore stuff Ending could have been handled better.

It's not a great movie. It doesn't know what it is. It's padded out with so many soft core sex scenes that it felt like an 80's movie, a Basic Instinct, if you will.

The central plot is ok, the acting is off, the scenes are weirdly underlit and the whole thing falls apart in the third act because none of it is believable.