among multitude of erotic thrillers , that had been released in the early 1990s , woman of desire is interesting only because it was directed by robert ginty , star of the b - grade action films of the previous decade .
those who tend not to be nostalgic about 1980s can find very good reason in the type of movies that made ginty the star .
as director , ginty did very little to improve that impression .
the protagonist of the movie is jack ( played by jeff fahey ) , yacht skipper that falls madly in love with christina ford ( played by bo derek ) .
however , she has relationship with rich and powerful jonathan ashby ( steven bauer ) .
one stormy night , the tragedy occurs and jack is accused of rape and murder .
however , his good friend walter j . hill ( robert mitchum ) happens to be very good lawyer , so jack might even prove his innocence in the end . belonging more to the genre of courtroom drama than erotic thriller , woman of desire distinguishes itself from similar films by having almost all characters behaving like total idiots .
unfortunately , this film is n't comedy and any laugh is unintentional .
the characters are totally antipathetic and irritating and soon we stop caring what would happen to them .
the actors that play them do n't help either .
that is especially the case with jeff fahey , whose jack is so stupid that even the character played by fahey in lawnmower man looks like a genius in comparison .
his partner bo derek , on the other hand , shows that she did n't age enough to cease being the sex goddess , but that is small compensation for her apparent lack of acting talents .
ginty , on the other hand , tries to bring some life in the movie by using many flashbacks and strange angles of shooting , but in the end it gets only irritating to the already bored and dissatisfied viewer .
apparent lack of acting talents the actors that play them do n't help either this film is n't comedy and any laugh is unintentional it gets only irritating to the already bored and dissatisfied viewer behaving like total idiots totally antipathetic and irritating