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24 February 2004 (USA) moreTagline:
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 synopsisPlot Keywords:
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4 nominations moreUser 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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Rated R for strong sexual content, language and some violence.Parents Guide:
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Dolby DigitalFilming Locations:
Atlanta, Georgia, USAFun Stuff
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Continuity: Emery goes home after being punched, and while speaking to his wife, the blood on his chin changes from shot to shot. moreFAQ
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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.