The Right Temptation: Rating: 1 star

Tell me if this sounds familiar: Rich Person hires Private Detective to check up on Rich Person’s Spouse; against all odds, Private Detective and Rich Person’s Spouse fall hard for each other — but wait! Is Private Detective being set up by Rich Person & Spouse to be the fall guy for some clever crime?

The Right Temptation (2000)
2000 · R · Thriller
Reviewed October 24, 2007

Yeah, the seen-it-all-before bells were ringing for me, too. I’ve seen this plot in countless bad Canadian made-for-TV movies over the years; aside from slightly higher production values (and an attempt to freshen up this stale plot by making the private dick… well, dickless), this flick could easily pass for the same. Naturally, all the characters have the combined IQ of a fried eggplant, a necessary impairment for all (and for us viewers) if the storyline is to continue creeping forward. How our intrepid investigator manages to miss the whoppingly obvious plot twists, I donÙt know — it's all so heavily foreshadowed, the director might as well have stuck his head into the frame at the end of each scene and said, ÜHey, did you catch that? Here, let me recap the vital points… Okay, up next: The likeable young sidekick uncovers a VITAL CLUE and goes to inform the detective. LET’S HOPE NOTHING BAD HAPPENS TO HIM FIRST!” Kiefer Sutherland is pretty, but not pretty enough for me to give a shit about this film.