Dead Sexy (2001) (V)

User Rating:

3.7/10   

Director:

Robert Angelo

Writers:

Elroy Canton (screenplay)
Elroy Canton (story)

Release Date:

2 October 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Thriller | Mystery

Plot:

A female detective gets involved with a murder suspect in a series of serial killings.

Plot Keywords:

Suspect | Detective | Murder | Female Full Frontal Nudity | Strip Club

Cast

Shannon Tweed	...	Kate McBain
John Enos III	...	Blue Dresden (as John Enos)
Sam J. Jones	...	Rackles
Mary Shannon	...	Liliana
Maria Mayenzet	...	Patricia Pollard
Kenneth White	...	Captain Snyder
Eric Keith	...	Billy Trainer
Steve Franken	...	Medical Examiner
Brandy Miller	...	Carla
David A. Kimball	...	Dr. Jacobsen (as David Kimball)
Laura Rogers	...	Lynn Hightower
Cathleen Chin	...	Policewoman
Herman Mack	...	Uniformed Cop
Michael Winbush	...	Sound Expert
Tony Stengel	...	Anton

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexuality and nudity, and for some language.

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Argentina:18 | Finland:K-15 | France:-16 (cable rating) | Australia:R | Germany:16 | New Zealand:R18 | Spain:18 | USA:R | Australia:MA (cable rating)

Company:

Magic Hour Pictures

The title sums up Tweed's stock in trade

Let's face it, Shannon Tweed is not a great (or even necessarily a good) actress. The title says it all: It's another example of Tweed's stock in trade: The grade-C erotic thriller in which she packs a piece---always a big phallic firearm---and then gets the hots for another kind of piece, and eventually takes her clothes off. Everything else is just an attention-getting device to keep you watching between the sex scenes. Even if you cheerfully accept these limitations, this turkey is a cynical cheat on the viewer. Tweed was 43 when she made this movie, and like Renee Russo, she has a fabulous body for her age, but it is still a fabulous 43-year-old body. So if you're an over-40 former Playmate who insists on making movies with nude sex scenes, either be honest, like Helen Mirren, and do them yourself or quit the business. Don't use a body double, which she so blatantly does in this flick. If the number of porn sites on the Web featuring over-35 "hotties" is any indication, there's a market for films with middle-aged women who get naked.

The bad guy, John Enos, has one of the least photogenic screen personas I've ever seen. He elicits no cinematic interest whatsoever and he and Tweed have essentially no on-screen chemistry. They are just going through the motions. Why anyone would think the Tweed character would develop an itchy-koo for him is beyond me, except that Enos, although not really that similar in features to Tweed's squeeze Gene Simmons, somewhat resembles him in physique and complexion. Maybe that's why Tweed chose Enos. Whether he resembles Simmons in other ways is something I have no idea about. (Let's not even get into Gene Simmons's public persona and what it says about Tweed's taste in men that she has been with him for years.) And it's somehow oddly appropriate, considering this movie, that in the IMDb photo galleries, Enos is seen accompanied by Traci Lords.

This flick is strictly desperation time.