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Victim of Desire [VHS]

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I purchased the unrated version of this movie hoping that it would be a stellar softcore movie for a nice sensual evening. It was not stimulating in either the plot or the "action". Do not purchase either version of the movie, unless you want to be disappointed and bewildered at how a director could let such raw talent go to waste. This movie is a teaser without the required suspense and provocative eroticism that one would expect from reading the cover and other reviews. The only victim of desire here is the person who purchases the movie.

I dont really know how anyone can complain about this movie. Anyone who is willing to part with money to buy it must know what its about and what genres it will cover. You have to judge it for what it is, and as an erotic thriller its not at all bad. Obviously you can't take the plot too seriously. As it is it involves an investigator named Starkey checking out a ludicrous amount of money that has been embezzled. Just as he gets onto what looks like the right guy his main suspect dies in a very fishy car crash! And the main suspect in his murder is the very hot wife played by Tweed. There's then some monkey business with a local cop staking out the property, and Starkey sleeps with Tweed a couple of times while giving her a very thorough "investigation". This is all looking pretty cushy for Starkey until he becomes implicated, through and idiot plot moment, as an accomplice in the murder and then has to prove his innocence. Pretty standard sort of plot. As they go this ones good. Far, far, far better than Jim Wynorski's Virtual desire which actually uses some of this movies scences as fillers. Overall worth buying if your a fan of this genre.

Investigator Pete Starky is hot on the trail of $70 million in embezzled cash. The trail leads to Leeland Duvall, a wealthy white collar killer. But when Duvall dies in a mysterious car accident, the victim's wife Carla becomes the prime suspect. Just as Starky becomes romantically involved with Carla evidence points to him as her accomplice in the murder. Is he innocent or just a victim of desire?

Shannon Tweed and Marc Singer are well-cast in this entertaining mystery. Wings Hauser is a blast in what is essentially a cameo. Worth owning.