Afterburn/Aftershock

Never read the book, but my gosh who wrote this script?? I mean it is unimaginative, flat and downright horrible! I think the issue with the bad acting stems from the crap tasting and cringe lines that Jax has to spout. It may looked ok on paper (though I doubt it!) how could anyone be ok once said out loud is beyond me. The story was ok, I did like the female lead... I may have to read the book though cause this is mediocre at best!

I have read many of Sylvia Day's books. While this one wasn't one of my favorites, it is still a good, if typical story.

The movie, however, is cheesy. The actor playing Jax Rutledge is in dire need of acting lessons. Physically he fits the character, the problem is his acting skills and facial expressions are not convincing.

The rest of the cast seems pretty good and it was nice to see the author of the book make a cameo appearance.

Full of innuendo, entendre, and old-fashioned chauvinism. However, the bodies are beautiful and the sex is very ...ummm, soft-core. Abrupt ending. I wouldn't watch it a second time.

Caitlyn Leahy plays Gia Rossi the sexy, self-assured businesswoman who is trying to sign brother and sister chefs to a new restaurant with her business partner and boss Lei Yeung. Unfortunately her high power ex, Jackson Rutledge, is brought in by the competition to prevent that from happening. This brings Gia and Jackson back into each other's very explosive spheres and their chemistry is electric.

But what makes this film...besides Caitlyn Leahy, is the Rossi family who are themselves restauranteurs, Vincent, Nico, and Angelo really sell the tight knit Italian-American family.

Not the heaviest in terms of plot, but enough to make the sexy story based on the book of the same name by Sylvia Day come to life and be enjoyable to watch. An early entry in the Passionflix lineup, I am hoping that we will get to set Caitlyn again because she was great m, giving a lot of urban energy to this film.

I couldn't get through this movie. The acting was real bad, especially the male lead.