There is a deadly temptress plaguing the bars of New York
City killing men one by one in the film Def
By Temptation (1990). Joel (James
Bond III) has decided to make a trip to the city to visit his best friend K
(Kadeem Hardison) because he’s having a crisis of faith. Joel is from the country where he has been
studying as a minister-in-training but journeying to the city his eyes has been
opened to the underbelly of the dark side of life starting with a dark
temptress (Cynthia Bond) whom shows him passion and seduction like he’s never
experienced before in his life.
Now with the help of K and Dougy (Bill Nunn), a barfly who
knows more about the suspicious disappearances of men, Joel’s faith will be
tested as will his soul as he must overcome the greatest evil he has ever
faced. Written and directed by Bond the
film is a character driven film about a man whose sheltered life and faith is
tested when he comes up against an unspeakable evil.
Def By Temptation
has a unique charm in that it is a film made up entirely of an African American
cast and is a horror film with a female antagonist that is ruthless and
relentless while also tackling the ideas of faith and religion in a battle
between good and evil. Some of the
film’s techniques may seem dated and simplistic but the story itself holds up
well despite these flaws.
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