merklekranz If I had put two and two together that this is the same director, Bill Bennett, that had done "The Nugget", which I thought was an abominable supposed comedy, I probably never would have watched "Tempted". Unfortunately I would have missed a very intriguing neo-noir, so I'm not ashamed to give credit where credits due. Burt Reynolds hires a carpenter, Peter Facinelli, who works for him, to severely test his beautiful wife's fidelity. The script has many twists and turns, a few of which seem to slightly stretch credibility, but overall this is a fine, entertaining film. The erotic moments work, and the story fills the 91 minute running time nicely. Recommended. - MERK

Robin Dorantes Saw this film, by chance, one lazy Saturday afternoon, while just "couch-potatoing/channel surfing"...glad I was...Being from The Big EZ, it peaked my interest, not to mention the very colorful array of characters! Now... here's the thing: There was a scene in this movie, where Lily & Mulate meet up at a bar, called "The Saturn Bar"; I happen to know exactly where this bar is located within the 7th Ward of New Orleans.What I want to know is if that scene was actually filmed at that location, or was it simply a shot from the outside and filmed another location? Does anyone know? Just curious.Aside from that, I think I'll purchase the DVD to add to my New Orleans Colllection of videos. Really steamy and intriguing..~Robin~OH.. & P.S.: It held my attention, surprisingly, all the way to the end! It was Good.

Jessica Carvalho Charlie Le Blanc is a wealthy businessman married to a beautiful and young woman named Lilly, whom he loves very much. They have a great life, but Charlie discovers that he has only a few months to live, and decides to test Lilly's fidelity to see if she really deserves all of his money. He then hires a young guy called Jimmy, a handsome law student, to seduce his wife. He will pay Jimmy 40.000 dollars, and since Jimmy really needs this money for his university, he accepts the deal.Eventually, all Jimmy's efforts to sleep with Lilly fails. She is truly loyal to her husband. But when Lilly discovers (by Charlie's secretary) what her husband was trying to do, a very dangerous game starts to begin.I expected much more from ''Tempted'',specially after reading about the plot. In the beginning, the movie is good, but after the middle of it becomes very cheap. The only reason I give a higher rate for it, is because I liked Burt Reynolds performance. The rest of the movie is a big cliché, with average script and actors(except Burt), and even some awkward situations.

George Parker "Tempted" tries to be one of those sweaty New Orleans noir crime flicks about infidelity, jealousy, deceit, temptation, treachery, and murder. Unfortunately the film plays out like a B-flick in all respects from shallow characters whom were not given a reason to care if they live or die to a convoluted and minimally interesting story with soporific side effects. A marginal small screen watch at best for crime junkies only. (D+)