Other Titles • Original Sin • Dancing in the Dark (2000)
Synopses for Original Sin (2001)
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Julia Russell (Angelina Jolie) can show a man passion unlike any he's ever known. He'll risk everything to be near her. When Luis (Antonio Banderas) takes Julia as his wife, he thinks his life is complete.
But people aren't always who they seem, and Luis's life begins to unravel. When Julia disappears with his money, Luis is forced to look into Julia's past — a past that doesn't seem to exist — and finds that the woman he loves is accused of a brutal murder. Sex and love turn to rage and revenge, and Luis sets off to find his wife — but is he capable of playing her deadly game?
(36 votes)
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"A Provocative Presentation…Of Lust, Never-Ending Love And Danger." -San Antonio Express-News
Sexy Angelina Jolie turns on the heat as a mysterious woman whose insatiable lust for her new husband (Antonio Banderas) is exceeded only by her desire for his fortune in this steamy erotic thriller.
(36 votes)
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Late nineteenth century Cuba. Dawn. At the docks, Luis (Antonio Banderas) waits for his American mail-order bride. But, his wait seems to be in vain. Then, magically, she appears--Julia (Angelina Jolie). And, she is beautiful, unlike the woman whose picture she sent. But Luis had lied as well--he wrote that he was only a clerk in the coffee company that he actually owns. In spite of their deceptions, they marry immediately. They are blissfully happy, although Julia has her demons. She has nightmares, she ignores her sister's letters, and--mysteriously--won't open her trunk. Her sister sends an unnerving detective to check that she arrived. Still unsatisfied, her sister arrives herself. That's when Julia disappears with the money in Luis's bank accounts, instantaneously transforming Luis's dream into a nightmare.
Scriptwriter/director Michael Cristofer explores sexual obsession and deception in ORIGINAL SIN. The sumptuous thriller, based on Cornell Woolrich's classic noir novel, has elegant, lush photography by Mexican director of photography Roderigo Prieto, and a Cuban-inflected jazz score by composer Terence Blanchard. Thomas Jane is forceful as the detective. Antonio Banderas captures Luis's bliss, bewilderment, and anger perfectly. But, the troubled center of the movie is Julia, and Angelina Jolie is at her best as she reveals the joy and turmoil of a woman who doesn't know how to deal with love and can't break free from her past.
(31 votes)
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Featuring additional footage too explicit for theaters, this Unrated Version of the year's sexiest film is riveting and revealing entertainment you simply must see. Antonio Banderas (The Mask of Zorro) and Oscar® winner Angelina Jolie (Lara Croft: Tomb Raider) pull out all the stops in this sultry film in which "sex is used the old-fashioned way: as a deadly weapon" (Detroit Free Press)!
Wealthy Cuban merchant Luis Vargas (Banderas) only knows his bride-to-be through letters of love. And when he finally meets Julia (Jolie) on their wedding day, he is left breathless by her beauty and smoldering sexuality. But behind that beauty, a devious mind is at work. For even as they satisfy their hunger for one another, her thoughts drift toward quenching a desire that is solely hers. And when Luis is deprived of his business, his bank account and his new wife, he begins a relentless pursuit of the woman cunning enough to steal his money… and charismatic enough to steal his heart!
(29 votes)
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Original Sin belongs in the "so bad it's good" category of languid potboilers, offering enough nudity, sexual chemistry, and far-fetched plotting to make it an enjoyable lazy-day diversion. Based on Cornell Woolrich's novel Waltz into Darkness (previous filmed by François Truffaut as Mississippi Mermaid) and set in turn-of-the-century Cuba, the film traces a tailspin of amorous obsession when coffee plantation owner Luis (Antonio Banderas) discovers that his American mail-order bride (Angelina Jolie) is not the plain wife he'd expected, but a beautiful, scheming thief who's after his fortune. The movie asserts that love is truly blind, but absurd twists of plot make Luis appear more stupid than passionate. Writer-director Michael Cristofer fared better with Jolie in Gia; here, he's made another good-looking film about beautiful people, but its plot just can't be taken seriously. --Jeff Shannon
(30 votes)
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