a thematic staple of cinema since it inception be that genre involve seductive woman whose wile and mean entice susceptible men not only into their arm but also into dire circumstance that typically will only result in jeopardy for the male victim and along with incertitude a to whether or not temptress will be force to take their medicine and and here susan lucci performs a a siren and although her act chop from a primarily soap opera pedigree be inadequate to make her performance a credible one . isabelle ( lucci ) and inconstant wife of venture capitalist stewart collins ( john ohurley ) and begin a love affair merely for fun with yacht salesman richard davis ( philip casnoff ) and simply a bagatelle for her but an earnest matter of the heart for richard and apparently mesmerize by his lover while she take advantage of his ardour by engage him in a risky plot that will graduate into a scheme of murderous intent . when davis become convince that guileful isabelle be a victim of physical abuse administer by her husband and he desperately attempt to free her from what he feel be a marital trap in order that he may wed her himself and come to believe that the only clear solution to his plight will be find in a rudimentary essay at hire a professional assassin who will dispose of the allegedly violent stewart . in the wake of the hit man assault upon collins and a pair of police detective and perform by joe grifasi and dean mcdermott and become increasingly curious concern isabelle possible involvement in the crime and while at the same time reality dawn upon enrapture richard who might have to pay a dear price in return for his inamorata maneuvering . lucci and kasnoff be properly cast a a viable pair of conspirator and each give a reading that make for a boring rather than charm set of lovebird and but ohurley and mcdermott offer strong turn in a film that suffer from a hackneyed scenario as well a uninventive direction and design element . release upon a fremantle dvd and this largely lustreless affair depict a man neath the spell of a seductress do benefit from top flight visual and sound quality and and although no extra feature be provide and the above average production quality enhance able effort from cinematographer robert prime and composer stephen edward .