4K UHD Review – Body of Evidence

As a musical artist, Madonna remains one of the most iconic performers around. She’s enjoyed incredible success over the course of her career, but she was especially white hot as the 1980s drew to a close, riding the triumph of her “Like a Prayer” album into the 1990s as controversy and attention increased, giving her the media’s undivided attention. Madonna risked it all to continue pushing boundaries, with 1992’s “Erotica” attempting to stir up more trouble for the singer as she entered a hypersexual phase of her career. The record did fine, but sales were noticeably down, and Madonna was also determined to keep working on an acting career, hoping to sell herself as a viable dramatic entity while previously performing in pictures that suggested otherwise. 1993’s “Body of Evidence” was part of the “Erotica” era, giving Madonna her own erotic thriller after the success of 1992’s “Basic Instinct,” attempting to deliver the ultimate in heat for director Uli Edel (“Last Exit to Brooklyn”). And the star puts on quite a show in the endeavor, working with screenwriter Brad Mirman’s imagination for softcore events and kink play for suburbanites, portraying a femme fatale on trial for the murder of her lover. “Body of Evidence” has Madonna willing to go where the writing leads, but she’s certainly not a commanding presence in an already clunky, awkward picture. Heat isn’t present here, and legal entanglements are often less appealing, adding another misfire to Madonna’s odd acting oeuvre. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com