Starring: Majid Michel, JJ Bunny, Yvonne Okoro, Eddie Nartey 

Synopsis:  

A couple of con artists use lust and betrayal as a means to plan their ultimate theft but it leads to their eventual destruction. 

Review:

Laura and Melvin (Yvonne Okoro and Majid Michel) are married and broke. They made a full time career of duping people out of their money.  Laura became weary of the petty crimes and she pushed Melvin to come up with a better way to live. Melvin set out to do this with the help of an old flame, Kimora (JJ Bunny). Kimora served as the femme fatale and schemer in the drama and resumed a secret love affair with Melvin.

An opportunity to make money presented itself when Paula (Kafui Danku) asked Kimora to seduce her husband (Eddie Nartey). Paula was Kimora’s friend and she was curious to know if her husband would fall for Kimora’s advances.

The deal was for Kimora (JJ Bunny) to just lead him on but she went beyond the call of duty and slept with him. Kimora wound up pregnant which worked out great because now she carried an heir to his wealth. Melvin’s part (Majid Michel) in the plan was to kill Paula’s husband, who by the way, was also his friend, and then he and Kimora would split any inheritance that Kimora received as the mother of the child.

By the end of the movie, not everything is what it seemed and murder and betrayal were the only winners.

Let’s Talk. This is a convoluted story that was all over the place. “Erotic Crime” is more about infidelity than it was about money/crime.

The question pertaining to what the “other woman” does that the wives don’t do was once again a topic of discussion. Here’s the answer: a wife can do it all and her husband will still cheat if it’s in his nature to do so. Period.

A significant amount of time was spent on Ray and Paula’s marriage. They had a senseless marriage because while Ray cheated with Kimora and Paula was also guilty of cheating with one of his friends.

As for Melvin and Laura, the main couple in the story, it wasn’t clear whether they were truly in love in the grand scheme of things.  Their relationship wound up on the back burner while Melvin’s affair with Kimora took up most of the movie.

To delve a little further, Emmanuel Emoabino played Wilson who was some sort of celebrity. There’s a scene where he was about to have sex with a groupie, and in preparation, he took a substance for erectile dysfunction. Long story short, he wound up alone and masturbating. His mother unexpectedly opened his bedroom door and he unintentionally ejaculated in her face. How tacky. This scene was an all time low. Speaking of Emmanuel, was he really wearing women’s earrings in both of his ears? Tsk, tsk. 

In terms of performances, there’s nothing to write about. Even with a cast of Ghana’s most popular actors the film wasn’t capable of deluding an audience into thinking that they’re watching an impressive movie.

The problem here was the story. Director, Frank Rajah Arase’s films are not known for being profound but at the very least they are entertaining. In this case “Erotic Crime” was neither.

The filmmakers appeared to be aiming for a fast paced drama but the movie lost its way with too many subplots that overshadowed the premise.

The story was often confusing and the shallow script needed a serious rewrite. When you combine that with tasteless dialogue and unlikely plot twists, it’s a crime that “Erotic Crime” was even produced. EJECT

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