Blu-ray Review – We Kill for Love

When the words "erotic thriller" are uttered, usually only one person comes to mind: Shannon Tweed. Director Anthony Penta seeks to change such awareness with "We Kill for Love," which is a documentary about the controversial subgenre, which was developing long before Tweed was even born, and continues after her retirement from acting. There's an entire history to explore here, with erotic thrillers developing rapidly over the decades, eventually exploding in the 1980s and '90s, and the helmer is determined to sniff around every corner of interpretation and thought. And I mean every. last. one. There's a lot to "We Kill for Love," which runs a whopping 163 minutes in length — a major sit for a subject that could probably be successfully examined in an hour and a half with judicious editing and a more focused approach. Penta is determined to oversee a behemoth production to make his fine points understood, and he's not having a whole lot of fun with it, as the endeavor is more analytical than anecdotal, going the chilly "Room 237" route with a stern, film theory-style approach, which is undeniably interesting, but with this absurd run time, it occasionally feels like running a marathon with no finish line. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com