'A Passion To Kill' is a cheesy piece of work you can spot from a mile away so enjoy it as-is or avoid any potential headache. It looks fine, acting is generally decent, but the plot device used is tired to put it lightly. Real husband & wife team of Scott Bakula & Chelsea Field do the erotic thriller song & dance. You know the score. Common sense thrown out the window, lite mystery and a hitlist of red herrings.
Psychiatrist David Lawson (Bakula) doesn't know what to do when his best friend's new wife Diana (Field) starts coming on to him and he's attracted to her. Soon Jerry (John Getz) is telling him of trouble in their marriage and asks him to speak to her. Things quickly amp up, they bang and then the real doozy hits - Jerry is murdered. Diane is initially suspect #1, but David doesn't wanna believe it. More evidence paints her in a bad spot, but if it's not Diane than who's setting her up?
Primary cast is full of faces who know their way around a T&A flick. Bakula (Color of Night), Field (Snapdragon) & Sheila Kelley (Mortal Passions) as David's assistant DA girlfriend who of course is painted to be a possible suspect. Seeing Chelsea naked is a treat, but everyone's contained in one of those tales where a guy can't think with his big brain. There's one or two major plot points that I won't divulge as they verge on spoilers, but this psychiatrist isn't the sharpest.
I've seen enough of these flicks to say this isn't the worst as nothing ever becomes painful. However the writing is on the wall quickly not that the title 'A Passion To Kill' didn't already partially spell it out. If you crave a dose of sex with a dash of murder this may satisfy your eager appetite. It's a well made dtv flick, but nothing is original or stands out.
