Dead bodies are piling up, and the leads the two LA homicide cops have point to Barbara, business manager for a successful architectural firm she runs with her husband Lance. The dead men were interns at the firm, and each of them was Barbara's lover (kept in a classy flat she owns and observed via closed-circuit TV by the applauding Lance). Kyle is Barbara's latest intern and lover, and he may be in danger. He also starts to fall in love with Barbara, and the feeling may be mutual. In the background are Erin, Lance and Barbara's myopic administrative assistant, and Tony, Kyle's one-time roommate who also knows Barbara. Can the cops solve this before too many more die?
Production
That 'classy flat' set design deserves its own case study
Acting
Everyone committing to this premise with deranged sincerity
Director
George Santo Pietro
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director George Santo Pietro was better known as a real estate developer and Wheel of Fortune stage builder than filmmaker; this was his directing debut and swan song.
The early 2000s direct-to-video erotic thriller boom collapsed shortly after; Kept represents the genre's death rattle, complete with surveillance technology anxiety that aged poorly.
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