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Christopher Keller (writer)
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Don't play with fire
Plot:
A wife is caught in a web of sex and violence. | add synopsis
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could've called this one "Shot in the Dark" more (15 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Sam Elliott | ... | Detective Lukas Black |
 | Jamie Kennedy | ... | Albert Straka |
 | Carlton Elizabeth | ... | Sara Carreni |
| Michael Cavalieri | ... | Frank Carreni |
 | Lori Heuring | ... | Emily |
 | Keith David | ... | Detective Charles Desett |
| Bridget Ellen | ... | Tina |
| Nick Swardson | ... | Shaun |
| Michael Philip | ... | Jim |
| Ancorneil | ... | Mrs. Shay |
| Karen Bailey | ... | Marlene |
| Jonny Van Okur | ... | Wayne |
 | Ruta Lee | ... | Antique Store Patron |
 | Robert Harvey | ... | Detective Tableau |
| Aaron Zuber | ... | Psychotic Criminal |
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Season's Greetings (USA) (working title)
Seduced: Pretty When You Cry (USA) (DVD title)
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Rated NC-17 for a strong scene combining sex and violence.
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90 min
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Iceland:16 | Portugal:M/16 | New Zealand:R18 | USA:NC-17 | USA:R (cut)
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Schlemiel falls in love with screwed-up junkie slut and gets involved with murder. The story unfolds in flashback. If you can't figure out what part Sam Elliott's character has in all this, you must have gotten an F in Plotting 102. A (very) little bit of NYPD BLUE type nudity for those who care, but this is no erotic thriller by any stretch.
Script is awful (writer is also producer -- it always pays to bring the ball), but performances would probably be OK in a high school play with a lot of bondage sex, cursing, sexual violence, and drug use. (The 12-stringer doesn't object to any of those except when they're handled as poorly as they are here.) Femme lead Carlton Elizabeth looks like a model and tries hard with what there is. It's not her fault that she's styled and shot throughout as if she's badly in need of a) a bath, b) a meal, and c) an implant reset.
Grimy, shot-in-the-dark film may look better on big screen, but I've only seen it on HBO in tv ratio and was reaching for a flashlight by the second reel. Aggressively unappealing characters and who-cares plot torpedo this one quickly. Not likely to be on anyone's resumé this time next year, but a sure bet to run on HBO as often as they carry SPACEHUNTER: ADVENTURES IN THE FORBIDDEN ZONE.
On a scale of 1-10, 1 from the 12-stringer, but I still think there should be a 0 category.