With his incomparably potent, magic words (“Have dinner with me”), Grey re-seduces Steele back into his life.Īlthough Grey reenforces the notion that he’s toning down his dependence on BDSM, it’s difficult for Ana – alongside the audience – to believe that someone so wrapped up in that particular world of dominance and submission could ever truly extricate himself. Creepily – but expectedly – he confronts the young woman and refuses to take “no” for an answer. But Grey can’t let her go when pal Jose (Victor Rasuk) puts on a photo exhibit with Steele as the sole subject, the billionaire buys every piece, insisting that he can’t stand to have anyone else gawking at his quarry. Ana is back to work at a publishing company, with new boss Jack Hyde (Eric Johnson) as a conspicuously available, potential suitor. The continued plot finds Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson) staying away from former billionaire lover Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan) after he previously revealed his “red room” full of whips and devices of bondage. Sadly, once again, the answers remain distant or nonexistent, favoring instead sex scenes that segue into further sex scenes, showcasing paper-thin characters with nice bodies. The only interesting component of this poorly written, uncomfortably silly franchise is the origination of his peculiarities – or what physical and psychological events occurred to impress upon a mind to require the pain of others for personal gratification. At least, however, he’s definitively labeled a sadist, rather than a mere sexually dominant person in search of a submissive partner. He opening shots finally hint at Christian Grey’s curious past, but it’s so fleeting that the real impact of his upbringing still eludes precise definitions on his deviant present.

Release Date: February 10th, 2017 MPAA Rating: Rĭirector: James Foley Actors: Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Eric Johnson, Eloise Mumford, Bella Heathcote, Rita Ora, Luke Grimes, Victor Rasuk, Max Martini, Kim Basinger, Marcia Gay Harden T Genre: Romantic Drama Running Time: 1 hr.

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