Love Crimes

1992

Action / Romance / Thriller

11
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 12%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 12% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 4.3/10 10 1384 1.4K

photographer investigation seduction victim scam lawyer

Plot summary

An Atlanta prosecutor sets her own trap for a sex offender who poses as a famous photographer.

Director

Lizzie Borden Photo
Lizzie Borden

Top cast

Lonnie R. Smith Jr. Photo
Lonnie R. Smith Jr. as Man in Hotel Bar
Ron Orbach Photo
Ron Orbach as Det. Eugene Tully
Sean Young Photo
Sean Young as Dana Greenway
Bob Banks Photo
Bob Banks as Jamie
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830.87 MB
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English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 30 min
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English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 30 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by brandonsites1981

* * * out of 4.

This review is for the UNRATED version. The R-rated version would merit a *1/2 out of 4 rating. Slick thriller about a female district attorney (Sean Young) who uses herself as bait to lure in a con man (Patrick Bergen) who seduces woman and then forces them to do inexplicable acts. Intelligent, extremely thought provoking with a perfect performance from Sean Young. Most people call her turn wooden, because most people have only seen the awful R-rated version which edits out some important scenes. Here, her aloofness works because the con man has traumatized her and forced her into a little girl state of mind. Young's turn is complex and underrated. Her tall body and ballerina build only make her performance all the more convincing. Patrick Bergen is also very good. Sure he may not be very handsome, but the women he picks up are plain looking everyday women that could easily fall into his trap. His smooth dialogue and mannerisms make this turn work. Film also goes where most other films would not dare to go to. There is on screen fetish scenes (involving spankings and horses), full frontal nudity, and graphic sexual situations. All of this plays key parts to the story and move the action along. None of these scenes are done for just the thrill of it. The only thing that hurts the film is the rushed ending. It just doesn't cut it. For such a smart thriller one can only naturally feel extremely disappointed. The story is progressing and then boom the ending just comes out of nowhere. Still this is a noteworthy film worth watching.Unrated; Graphic Nudity and Sexual Situations, Strong Adult Themes, Violence and Profanity.
Reviewed by cookiela2001 3 / 10

Fizzle, Not Flame

** CONTAINS SPOILERS ** The truly exquisite Sean Young (who in some scenes, with her hair poofed up, looks something like Elizabeth Taylor) is striking in her opening moments in this film. Sitting in the back of a police car waiting to signal a bust, her face and body are tense and distracted. Unfortunately, once the bust is over Young's strained demeanor never changes. This is one fatally inhibited actress.One has only to compare Young to the performer playing her coworker and best friend, Arnetia Walker, to grasp what is missing in Young. Walker is open, emotional, and at ease at all times...in that there's no apparent barrier between what she may be feeling and her expression of it. She is an open book. Young, on the other hand, acts in the skittish, self-conscious way you might expect your neighbor to act were they suddenly thrown into starring in a film. Basically, she doesn't have a clue.With this major void looming at the center of the movie, we're left to ponder the implausiblities of the story. For instance, after Miss Young is kidnapped by the criminal she's trailing and locked in a closet, she breaks the door down when left alone. Granted, she's dressed only in a bra and panties, but in a similar situation, with a psycho captor due to return any moment, would you head for the door...or take the time to go through his dresser, take out some clothes and get dressed? I would guess that this and other scenes are trying to suggest some sort of mixed emotions Miss Young's character is experiencing, but Young can not convey this type of complexity.There are a few affecting moments in the film, such as the short police interviews with the criminal's past victims, but overall this is an aimless endeavor. It's too bad Miss Young was replaced while filming the pair of comic book style films that might have exploited her limitations with some humor (BATMAN and DICK TRACY), because her floundering while attempting to play actual people is oddly touching. Watching Miss Young try to act, at least in this "thriller", is a sad spectacle.
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