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Director:
Craig Ross Jr.
Writer:
Kelsey Scott (writer)
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Release Date:
24 February 2004 (USA) more
Genre:
Thriller | Drama more
Tagline:
There is only loyalty or betrayal. Nothing in between.
Plot:
Motive is an edgy thriller that centers around Emery Simms, a highly educated and successful business... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
4 nominations more
User Comments:
A Black Bold and the Beautiful Soap Opera more (12 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Vivica A. Fox ... Constance Simms

Shemar Moore ... Emery Simms

Golden Brooks ... Allannah James

Sean Blakemore ... Brandon

Joe Torry ... Derrick Woods

Victoria Rowell ... Detective Pierce

Mel Jackson ... Detective Morgan

William L. Johnson ... RAy

Caryn Ward ... Gwendolyn
Keshia Knight Pulliam ... Letrice
Brian Hite ... Kenneth Stroud

David Collier ... Reyes
Candice Carbo ... Anna
Antwan Mills ... Stan

Mike Pniewski ... Simon (as Mike Piniewski)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Motive (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong sexual content, language and some violence.
Runtime:
USA:87 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
Finland:K-15 | Sweden:11 | USA:R
Filming Locations:
Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Continuity: Emery goes home after being punched, and while speaking to his wife, the blood on his chin changes from shot to shot. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Making of 'Motives' (2004) (V) more

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A Black Bold and the Beautiful Soap Opera, 19 March 2004
Author: Jamie

Motives is a souped up soap opera with a restricted rating due to graphic sexual content, more sex with a little violence thrown in . Everyone looked so pretty and the life these fine people lived definately makes you want to covet. It was an interesting film just easily one read like a Soap Opera hyped up in its own melodrama.

Emery Sims played by pretty boy Shamar Moore, is just that, a pretty boy who owns a restaurant business who's very wealthy and respected in the community. When a consensual affair goes wrong along with a murder investigation pending, Sims world begans to spiral down. But as the events unfold Sims begins to question the ones closest to him including his most trusted wife played by Vivica Fox. I thought her perfomance was bland in this movie as they made her into the attractive yet subdued nagging wife.

So yes its been done before and its all acting. Need I say two of Young and the Restless' (Moore and Rowell) were plucked from this sitcom. I also found the beginning subplot unnecessarily used for this story. I do however support the rise of more all star casts of African Americans in films whether their backed independently or not. I just wished that the storylines weren't so confined to stereotypes and overdone material. There's no slighting of the actors because I'm a fan of Fox and Rowell. And let's not forget the knockout performance from Mr. Joe Torrey himself. Just lose the material. You have a potential fan waiting.

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