Tempted
Excellent performances and flashes of visual flair turn what could have  been a run-of-the-mill sex thriller into taut and unpredictable neonoir. Burt  Reynolds is genuinely scary as Charles LeBlanc, a wealthy man so consumed with  jealous suspicion that he offers Jimmy (Peter Facinelli), a good-looking  carpenter, $50,000 to try to seduce his wife, Lily (Saffron Burrows). When Jimmy  comes over to do repairs on the LeBlanc's house, he and Lily experience some  sparks, but she spurns him--until she learns from another source about the  financial deal, and decides to teach Charles a lesson. Of course, things quickly  get out of hand... but betweenTempted's steamy New Orleans atmosphere, a  host of well-written and -acted supporting characters, and a carefully  orchestrated plot, it's never obvious who's going to end up cold on the ground  or hot between the sheets.--Bret Fetzer