Review of The Principles of Lust (2003) by Corey N — 22 Jul 2007

Typical British film about how life can be bad for you if you follow 'the principles of lust'. the story is about a writer who meets a photographer, who is obviously a bit of a psycho, because he organises fights involving 11 year olds, takes drugs, and has lots of dirty sex. when the writer meets a girl, he soon ends up moving in with her and begins to realise his life could be in the doldrums....

Part 'fight club' part 'trainspotting', the movie essentially tells us not to move so fast in life, because thats where regrets can be made, as soon as Paul meets billy, he is dragged into a world of sordid sex, drugs and a really depressing livelihood. on the other hand when he meets Juliette, he instantly falls for her and moves in with her, because she makes him an offer he really cannot refuse. as predictable as lust is, they soon find themselves realising they have nothing in common, and start not to trust.

The problem is, if the characters were likable, then this would have been a great movie, but not one character can be shown empathy, so we really do not care what the outcome is. the editing makes the film a little cold, as does the lighting.

The narration of the story flows smoothly and the two male leads do well in their roles (it's a shame that Warren feels a little typecast in his role).

Not as bad as some of the reviewers on this sit make it out to be, but with films like this trying to be too controversial, it's no wonder why film four became defunct.