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11 out of 13 people found the following review useful:
This film is saved by its sex scenes, barely....C+, 2 June 2003

Author: Smooth B from Somewhere In Illinois

"Desire and Deception" is one of those softcore films that isn't good to start with, but gets better as the film goes along, then fizzles out toward the end.

We start with Bridget Roarke (Kelli McCarty), a woman who suspects her husband, Eric, of cheating (like we haven't seen this before). She hires a P.I., Melissa Howard (played by Gina Ryder) to trail her hubby to get proof. At this point, I feel like I've watched this film or something like it a dozen times already. Come to find out, he is cheating--with a woman named Kate Collins (Holly Sampson). Upon learning of this, Bridget isn't heartbroken; she's determined to get even.

Kate is in love with Eric, or so she thinks. Her husband, Oz, is also playing the field--he's sleeping with his secretary, and it seems that she knows about it too. Their marriage is definitely one of convenience. Eric wants to break it off with her, but Kate won't let him.....until she turns up dead a bit later in the film, in Eric's bed, no less. Eric is now the primary suspect, and he spends the rest of the film trying to clear his name.

The lead detective in the case, Ray Barner (Erik Carrington) enlists Melissa for help in solving the case, since she worked for Eric's wife for a short time. They work closely--and I do mean closely--together, gathering clues. By now, it's a simple whodunit, and it's certain to be someone close to the action that nobody expects at first. In short, this was a quick and painless movie that was heavy on the sex and light on the script; what one would expect from a softcore film. However, the bland, cookie-cutter storyline did nothing for me, so I had to take points off there. This flick wasn't tapeworthy as an entire film; I was better off just taping the sex scenes and calling it a day.

Women: B+ (Kelli McCarty was decent as the leading lady, Holly Sampson was her usual best, and Gina Ryder was absolutely fabulous. I know Gina mostly does hardcore porn, but she shines in the few softcore flicks she does.)

Sex: A (Very realistic sex scenes, almost hardcore quality. Slapping, grunting and moaning was included in almost every scene. Gina's sex scene on the couch was the most realistic. Gina puts her "porno goddess" talent to good use there.)

Story: D+ (I'm sorry about this, but I can't forgive just how bad the plot and dialogue of this film was. The initial storyline, however unoriginal it might have been, I can forgive if it was executed a little better. I've cut slack on many STSWB movies over the years even though the general plot is the same, but this one was just bad.)

Overall: C+ (Although it should have gotten a B-, I'm lowering the grade by another third because of the horrible script. I loved the sex scenes, and the women were nice to look at, but the lines these characters had to say in this film were just plain awful. This film is slightly above-average by softcore standards, therefore it gets a C+.)

5 out of 5 people found the following review useful:
Desire And Deception indeed. Spoilers., 26 August 2003
Author: bluethunder35 (bluethunder35@hotmail.com) from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

Once again, we have yet another Marc Greenberg production. Will wonders ever cease?

This sexer is about two married couples. All four of them are having extra-marital affairs when it's all said and done. The husband of one couple is seeing the wife of the other, while her husband is cheating on her. The other lady has dalliances with men while she's on business. In other words, full Kobe.

Apparently, Kate Collins (Holly Sampson) wants Eric Roarke (Scott Bomson) to dump his wife for her because she's unhappy with her marriage to Oz (Charles Gleason) and he's unhappy with his to Bridget (Kelli McCarty). Then one day, Kate turns up murdered and the police thinks Eric did it because he was afraid Kate was going to blow the whistle. What we get is another steamy Whodunit.

Surprisingly, the movie's acting is decent. The females seem to be a bit hush in their lines, but they do a much better job than usual. Hilariously, the guy who plays the detective trying to solve the case, Eric Carrington, looks like my boss at work. I said "My God! My boss in in this pic!". The "philosophical discussions" are very well done and the women look very nice, with no tan lines. They were very nice to look at. My only complaint was Kelli McCarty's hair; I though it looked horrible on her and didn't match her lithe body or her face. It isn't 1946 any more, Kelli. Of course, L.A. looks as perfect as usual, too.

Not a bad film, if you can get past Ms. McCarty's horrible 'do, this is one of Greenberg's better efforts. Just don't be like Kobe.

4 out of 5 people found the following review useful:
Kelli McCarty deserves the watch., 18 August 2006

Author: insomniac_rod from Noctropolis

Oh come on... how could someone not like a bad b-soft core sex movie with the gorgeous Kelli McCarty? She's for sure the highlight of this regular erotic thriller. In fact, there isn't much of thriller or drama. The movie goes directly to the point and focuses mostly on many sex scenes. Two especially good scenes involve the always hot Ms. McCarthy. The rest of the sex scenes are just to fill in some empty space.

I can only recommend this movie for fans of Kelli. If you like women with beautiful, almost angelical faces , with a spectacular yummy body; then you will enjoy Kelli's performance.

Rent it or catch it on cable.

3 out of 10 people found the following review useful:
Horrible acting and thin plot. Just bad fake sex., 27 March 2003

Author: Mad Professor from Tucson AZ, USA

Bad, bad, bad! This movie has horrible acting and a thin plot. Just watch it if you want to see bad fake sex. There is plenty of it.

I came across this one while "surfing." The only reason that it stayed on was to find out who some of the people were. The database didn't have the character names or I wouldn't have spent more than five minutes on this stinker. It was playing merely as background and that was enough to get the tiny plot!

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