FORMAT: BLU-RAY
Shapely runaway Bonnie (Candice Rialson) hooks up with a lesbian artist named Geraldine (Joan Blackman) and becomes her latest figure model as well as sexual conquest. Skeevy art collector Vincent (Ed Bishop) immediately becomes obsessed with her latest painting and eventually with Bonnie too. When Bonnie and Geraldine have a falling out, Vincent swoops in with a devious plan to possess them both.
Pets had a great trailer and I’ve been looking forward to checking out the movie ever since I saw the preview on a trailer compilation a few years back. Too bad the film itself is so uneven. It starts and stops and speeds off in so many different directions that it takes a while to get its bearings. Subplots about Bonnie evading her hot-tempered brother and becoming party to a half-assed kidnapping feel more like filler than anything and was probably only there to give the trailer a few action-oriented shots.
Fortunately, the movie does pick up steam once Bonnie and Geraldine begin playing house together. Unfortunately, the lurid plot about the crazy art dealer keeping the women as human pets (which was heavily played up in the trailer) only happens in the last twenty minutes. If you were lured in by the previews (as I was), you may feel a tad cheated.
Nevertheless, it makes for a serviceable vehicle for Candice Rialson. If you’ve seen her in films like Hollywood Boulevard, Chatterbox, or Candy Stripe Nurses, you know that she’s usually the best thing about whatever movie she’s in. Pets is no exception. There’s no shortage of scenes where Candice is putting on or taking off skimpy and sexy outfits. So, if you’re a fan of Rialson, that’ll be just enough to make it worth a look, even if the movie never really lives up to the promise of the trailer. (I guess you could say Pets is kind of… tame.)
AKA: Submission. AKA: One-Night Stand. AKA: Animal Women.
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