Tempted (film)

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Tempted
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Directed by Bill Bennett
Written byBill Bennett
Starring Peter Facinelli
Burt Reynolds
Saffron Burrows
CinematographyTony Clark
Edited byHenry Dangar
Music by David Bridie
Production
company
Distributed by TF1 International
Release date
  • 7 September 2001 (2001-09-07)
Running time
95 minutes
CountriesAustralia
France
United States
LanguageEnglish

Tempted is a 2001 Australian-French-American thriller film written and directed by Bill Bennett and starring Peter Facinelli, Burt Reynolds and Saffron Burrows. [1]

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Plot

Struggling to come to terms with his mortality, construction contractor Charlie LeBlanc seeks to test his wife's fidelity, Lilly, a former model 30 years his junior. With his henchman Dot Collins, Charlie visits one of his construction sites in New Orleans and propositions freelance carpenter Jimmy Mulate to attempt to seduce Lilly. Charlie offers Mulate $10,000 — and $50,000 more if he succeeds in the task, plus an additional $40,000 if he perfectly describes the tattoo on Lilly's body to Charlie in perfect detail. Despite being initially hesitant, Mulate eventually agrees at the urging of his friend, Ted, who encourages Mulate to use the money to pay for his law school education.

Having accepted his offer, Charlie informs Lilly that he is leaving New Orleans for a week-long business trip and that Mulate should be expected to arrive at the house in the coming days to repair a broken door. Before leaving, Charlie visits a friend, public investigator Byron Blades, and asks for assistance in surveilling Lilly and Jimmy while he is away. Though he initially declines, Blades relents and installs cameras and microphones throughout LeBlanc's mansion while Lilly drives Charlie to the airport.

The next day, Mulate fixes the broken door and attempts to seduce Lilly. She eventually draws a gun on him and asks Mulate to leave. Mulate later apologizes, offering to make amends by inviting her out for the evening. Lilly accepts, and the two go out for drinking and dancing before she departs amid conflicting feelings and after having seen Charlie's work associates at a club.

Mulate returns home and walks in on a bloodied Ted, who has just murdered the son of the reportedly homosexual governor of Louisiana. Mulate helps Ted dispose of the body in the Mississippi River.

Charlie's secretary, Heather, reveals Charlie's plot to Lilly the next day. Though initially overwhelmed, she calls Mulate because she needs a window repaired. Mulate arrives, and the two have sex.

Upon returning from Dallas, Charlie visits Blades, who turns over footage of Lilly and Mulate having sex. When confronted, Mulate initially lies to Charlie and Collins, falsely reassuring them of Lilly's fidelity. Charlie physically assaults Mulate and orders him to help him kill Lilly, threatening to kill Mulate's father if he does not oblige. Mulate later warns Lilly, who implores Mulate that they need to kill Charlie, but not before the two have sex a second time; while undressing, Mulate spots a tattoo that reads “Dakota #7” on Lilly's inner thigh.

That evening, Charlie and Lilly are accosted, as Charlie is shot twice and killed; Lilly draws a gun from her purse and shoots the masked assailant. When police arrive, the assailant is revealed to be Ted. Blades meets Mulate at a bar and presents him with a recording of Lilly and Mulate in flagrante delicto, during which Lilly proposes they kill Charlie. Mulate then reaches out to his attorney. Unaware that he and Lilly share the legal counsel services of David Crabbe, Esq., Mulate and Crabbe review the recording. Mulate asks what Crabbe can do for him regarding securing immunity to secure his innocence in exchange for incriminating evidence against Lilly. Crabbe advises Mulate to leave the recording with him to see what can be done. Mulate is about to leave the recording with Crabbe when a speakerphone announcement says that Lilly, Mrs. Leblanc, is on hold for Crabbe. Mulate then strikes Crabbe and flees with the recording. Crabbe and other personnel try to take possession of the recording, but Mulate evades them.

Lilly offers Mulate $500,000 for the recording, and the two agree to exchange at a swamp shack given to Mulate by his father. Unbeknownst to Lilly, Mulate cooperates with police and has Blades and other members of law enforcement listen in on their conversation. Blades and the cops move in when they hear a gunshot fired by Lilly at Mulate; in the ensuing chaos, Collins arrives with a shotgun, seeking to kill Lilly and Mulate. Collins dies in a shootout with police, and Lilly is arrested after telling Mulate she cannot trust him.

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