Sweet Poison (1991 TV Movie) User Reviews

gold digger

[petersjoelen · 7/10 · 1 May 2022]

Gold digger gets what she deserves , that could be the alternative title for this more than good thriller .

Henry lies to his young new wife that his recent died rich father is broke just to test her if she married him for his money .

Shortly after this they both get kidnapped by a escaped fellon and after a while the wife begins to get a little bit to friendly with him .

A good thriller with more than a few good plot twist and a very satisfying end .

better than i thought ( 90s movie)

[afterdarkpak · 7/10 · 22 January 2020]

In terms of cheating spouse movies, this is so far the best one, and very perfect ending.

in 90s , this type of script , acting and everything is alright. no need to compare it with this century.

Well done

[p36mohawk · 11 August 2002]

Most b-movies feature gratuitous nudity featuring surgically-enhanced bimbos. You watch them once and forget about them. While "Poison's" plot was somewhat predictable, the characters were believable and the story did a great job of developing erotic tension between Bauer and Patricia Healy.

Bauer was what I'd expect a prison inmate to be like - mean and streetwise, but with some morals and not thoroughly bad. Healy, while attractive, was not some 20-year-old ingenue and was convincing as a amoral gold-digger. She didn't have that many nude scenes but they were well-placed and highly effective. Ed Herrmann was good as a man faced with life/death for the first time. When he finally has to fight he does so in the clumsy, bumbling manner that you would expect, he isn't suddenly transformed into Bruce Lee.

Like the 50s and early 60s b-movies, but with enough sex and violence to make it interesting without being excessive. Good movie!

Not so bad...

[darth76 · 4/10 · 15 June 2001]

Arguably, this movie has nothing that you have not seen many times and in much better versions, with much better actors. But the script is descent, concrete and without major leaps or vacuums. It is a non-offensive company, if you have 2 times to kill. If you have not, however, you can bypass it without fear that you are loosing something important.

Good B movie.

[angelaelena · 10 March 2002]

Very good B movie. The actors were well-cast and believable in their roles. Of course, I'm a big Steven Bauer fan and he looked so good in this movie!! Edward Herrman is a very good and (I think) highly underrated actor. The plot was pretty predictable but it was entertaining - not a bad way to spend a couple of hours.