She kicks him out of the house and it appears Lisa has gone away for good, but again, we know she will be back with a vengeance. This is where the movie’s big climactic catfight kicks into high gear, and it seems that the movie was made solely to build around Beyonce kicking some other chick’s butt.I was not expecting much from this film, and after watching it I’m glad I got it through Netflix instead of paying five bucks to rent it. Beyonce is clearly not famous for her acting skills, and she is so completely bland this entire movie I had a hard time believing that Derek could have so easily resisted the seductive Lisa’s charms.
Beyonce was like a wet blanket in every scene she was in, and didn’t start to show a little fire until the big fight at the end. But at that point it was too late. The movie would have benefited more if Beyonce’s character of Sharon had been a spitfire the entire film. Also, the fact that Charles decides to not tell Sharon about any of Lisa’s antics is ridiculous. Why wouldn’t he tell her? He never succumbed to her advances so it’s not like he had anything to feel guilty about. It’s hard to have any sympathy for him when he begs for Sharon’s forgiveness after she finds out, because he could have easily avoided the entire problem if he had told her up front.The big catfight at the end, which was essentially the draw of the whole movie, really goes by too quickly. They should have drawn out the fight more and maybe stepped up the camp value of this movie. As it is it’s just a watered down film with really no intensity or thrills. Skip it!
By: Frank Bilotta
Playing now on Dish TV is the Fatal Attraction inspired Obsessed. The movie wants to be a 2009 version of the Glenn Close-Michael Douglas chiller, but instead it falls flat.
