Review of Cleopatra's Second Husband (1998) by Robert B — 31 Mar 2008
Cleopatra's Second Husband, starring no one of any substance, is a cross between Bad Influence and Boxing Helena. Correction, it wants to be like Bad Influence (which is mildly entertaining) but could quite possibly be worse than Boxing Helena (which was practically unwatchable).
The plot, which seems slightly intriguing on paper, centers around a photographer and his wife who leave town and have some friends of friends watch their house. The problem arises when they return home and the couple who was watching the house refuses to leave.
It just gets bizarre after that, and not in a good way. It ends like the Cask of Amontillado (just be reference and not to impugn a great Poe story) and has very little redeeming about it in between. To top it all off the editing looks like it was done with a pair of dull pruning shears and the film goer waits with baited breath as what seems like minutes tick by in blackness in between scenes.
Watch at your own risk -- I did and I paid for it by ruining what was up until that point a nice Saturday evening.
This review of Cleopatra's Second Husband (1998) was written by Robert B on 31 Mar 2008.
Cleopatra's Second Husband has generally received negative reviews.
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