The Rich Man's Wife

Plausibility is probably the most important element in a suspense/thriller. When a major character's actions aren't believable, the whole thing is dragged into the muck. So it is with writer/director Amy Holden Jones' The Rich Man's Wife, a film about a wealthy woman (Executive Decision‘s Halle Berry) whose husband (Christopher McDonald) is murdered by a money-hungry psycho (Peter Greene). We're supposed to believe that Berry's character--who is practically raped by the killer in the opening reel--doesn't report her attacker, thereby mechanically setting into place this rehash of the average TV-movie stalker film. Not recommended. (L. Russo) [Blu-ray/DVD Review—Aug. 21, 2018—Kino Lorber, 95 min., R, DVD: $11.95, Blu-ray: $19.95—Making its latest appearance on DVD and debut on Blu-ray, 1996’s The Rich Man’s Wife features a decent transfer with DTS-HD 2.0 audio on the Blu-ray release. Extras include audio commentary by film historian Jim Hemphill. Bottom line: a lame stalker flick that doesn’t improve much in high-def.]