Film Review – Strictly Confidential

Damian Hurley doesn’t have many industry credits, but he does have access to an established actress, which certainly helps to launch a directorial career. Hurley’s mother, Elizabeth (best known for her work in the “Austin Powers” series), is one of the stars of “Strictly Confidential,” which has designs on becoming an erotic thriller with turns of plot to keep viewers interested and some sexual activity to heat up the screen. The screenplay (also credited to Damian Hurley) is mostly focused on the development of a mystery involving troubled, duplicitous characters, and it also serves as study of seduction in many forms. Hurley doesn’t have the experience to bring out the De Palma-esque intention of the writing, offering a lifeless, bloodless examination of a few emotional breakdowns. The helmer doesn’t push the picture’s sauciness and he’s mostly fatigued when it comes to blowing minds, but “Strictly Confidential” does have the novelty of a son exploiting the sex appeal of his mom for the benefit of an otherwise uninteresting whodunit. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com