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Anybody seen this film, what are your impressions?


Also, watch this film back to back one day with the little seen film "Someone to Die For" (1995) and compare its final scene where the female confronts her male captive like that and also reveals her tragic past and you will see similarities, but the weird thing is that other movie's scene goes further on an emotional scale, and I actually cried and still do.

They have also made in that film Shell Danielson's character of Lydia, a little bit like Vittoria Belvedere's "Sonia" here, not just a victim (but that as well) and certainly not an outright "female villain" but, to pick the right term, a TRAGIC ANTI-HEROINE.

Both films also reveal that even if women can also sometimes turn to dark sides and even as not as frequent as it is in other cases, in one matter, do one wrongful deed and against men too, it is mostly men who are commonly guilty of such offenses and against women too, as sad as it is.

And this film isn't anything too special in my book and is certainly nowhere near among Sergio Martino's best but its OK and worth giving a look but is otherwise very middle of the road and nothing too special, and around a 5 if not at MOST a 6 is what I give it.

P.S. World AND INTERNET, please *forgive* me if I spoke about "Someone To Die For" movie in the last 5 years or so literally TOO MUCH, but hey, I couldn't help it, and even though its also overall a middle of the road flick that I sort of appreciated, it had an emotional impact on me and got me thinking but also, hehe, talking WAY too much and thinking TOO much about it. Including some plot elements I didn't understand. And even the fact that the UK video I ALSO own, I have the US version of it too, is cut by 30 seconds due to mostly violence.

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And please DON'T confuse that Clay Borris aforementioned film with the Gus Van Sant-directed Nicole Kidman vehicle "To Die For", also released in 1995, as both films are indeed very different.

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Yes I've seen this that gal is like Jodi Arias even worse!

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You've SEEN this film, Craving Desire, right? And you say her character is worse than Jodi Arias? Well...

It was revealed how she had a particularly traumatic past including some very nasty abuse in childhood, which I wouldn't openly reveal. So she was driven to the dark side by her circumstances.

You haven't seen I gather Someone to Die For? Thing is, in that film, even if that lady Lydia does wrong things, you can't help but feel sorry for her because of her also traumatic past, and yes I stated this many times, I cried in that film and felt sorry for her. And maybe you will never see that movie, its rather rare but I own it on videos, but I also don't want to spoil its other main mystery of who really kills those cops.

Also, what is your impression of the movie, Craving Desire, if you say you've seen it, how good or not is the FILM, in your opinion?

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