Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Sameer Callahan It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

jacobs-greenwood Directed by Robert Wise, with a screenplay by Eve Greene and Richard Macaulay that was based on a novel by James Gunn, this average over dark film-noir crime drama features Lawrence Tierney in the title role. Tierney plays Sam Wilde, who's physicality and go-getter personality makes him desirable to women who aren't satisfied by 'turnips'. Claire Trevor plays Helen Brent, who meets Sam while returning from a Reno divorce to San Francisco.Unbeknownst to Helen, who'd discovered the bodies but selfishly not reported it so as not to get involved, Sam had murdered Laury Palmer (Isabell Jewell) and her date (Tony Barrett) in Reno because he'd thought of her as his girl. Helen, who's engaged to wealthy Fred Grover (Phillip Terry) is (barely) able to resist Sam's advances before she inadvertently introduces him to her wealthy stepsister Georgia Staples (Audrey Long), whom Sam soon marries.However, Helen and Sam, being from similar poorer backgrounds, are seemingly soul-mates for one another. Private investigator Albert Arnett (Walter Slezak), hired to find the murderer by Laury's friend and neighbor Mrs. Kraft (Esther Howard), has trailed Sam's friend Marty 'Mart' Waterman (Elisha Cook Jr.) from Reno, arriving just in time for the wedding (where Ellen Corby appears uncredited as a maid).The film is really about Helen's struggle to be good against the temptations of bad Sam; she tries desperately to use her fiancé Fred to avoid Sam to whom she's irresistibly drawn. Helen's conflicted as to whether to help Arnett or not. The investigator, however, is not troubled with ethical trepidations; his motivations are financial, and he's willing to accept $15,000 from her to suppress any evidence he has gathered which implicates Sam in the murders.Sam can't figure Helen, and becomes less sure of himself and his 'control' over her when he learns of Arnett. He uses Mart to snoop out the investigator's client; the alcoholic Mrs. Kraft is far too trusting, and appears to be an easy execution even for the slight Waterman. However, Sam is so maniacal that his seeing Mart exiting Helen's room, where he'd tried to advise her to keep away from Sam, causes the brute to kill his own friend before he could do the same to Mrs. Kraft on a remote beach.Meanwhile, Helen's relationship with Fred comes to an abrupt end and she calls the police about Sam, who arrives before they do. After Helen's confession and demonstration of Sam's love for her to a heretofore clueless Georgia, an enraged Sam starts shooting at Helen as she flees for the safety of her bedroom. He shoot through the door and mortally wounds her before the police arrive to stop him, killing him in the process. Arnett reads about the whole mess the next day and waxes poetic about the whole affair and his 'easy come, easy go' windfall.

Leofwine_draca By all s, Lawrence Tierney (RESERVOIR DOGS) was a hellraiser both on and off the screen in Hollywood. He lives up to his fearsome reputation by playing an ice-cold, larger-than-life and incredibly ruthless killer in LADY OF DECEIT (original title: BORN TO KILL), a film noir with an absolutely stunning first ten minutes to recommend it.A couple of these RKO programmers have spellbound me with twist opening scenes, but the one here blew me away. Sadly, there's no way the rest of the film could ever hope to live up to that opening potential, but it is still a piece of solid entertainment, with plenty of story to fill up the running time and all manner of hard-boiled dialogue and ruthless characters out for their own gain. It may never surprise you again after that opening but it does hold the attention nonetheless.Tierney is inevitably the guy who the whole thing hangs upon, and he's truly brilliant - and chilling at the same time. Claire Trevor gives him a run for his money as the titular femme fatale, who must be one of the most morally murky women seen in a film from an era that's particularly known for them. There's also time for nice ing turns for both Walter Selzak as a gumshoe and Elisha Cook Jr. as a weaselly type. LADY OF DECEIT is a fine example of the film noir genre and fans will lap it up.

Uriah43 Having just obtained a divorce in Reno, Helen Brent (Claire Trevor) accidentally catches the eye of a homicidal maniac named "Sam Wild" (Lawrence Tierney) at one of the gaming tables. Not long afterward he kills two of Helen's acquaintances and decides to get on the same train that Helen is taking back to San Francisco. They strike up a conversation and Helen becomes intrigued with him even though she is currently engaged to another man named "Fred Grover" (Phillip Terry). This causes a serious emotional conflict within her because even though Fred offers peace and safety for her, Sam excites her. Even more troublesome is the fact that Sam decides to marry her sister, "Georgia Staples" (Audrey Long) for her money. Now rather than reveal the entire plot, I will just say that this film revolves sharply around Helen's dual nature and Claire Trevor plays it very nicely. On the other hand, I thought Lawrence Tierney's performance was somewhat flat and mechanical. Even so, this was an interesting movie which I think fans of film noir will probably enjoy.

Red-Barracuda Born to Kill is a pretty hard edged film-noir. This is perhaps unsurprising when you consider that it has Lawrence Tierney in its lead role. Tierney was a pretty brutal character in real life and he certainly looks and acts the part. In this one he is violence incarnate. The character he plays is quite one dimensional but he is very convincing nevertheless. His evil is offset by the character played by Claire Trevor, who is the Machiavellian femme fatale who orchestrates Tierney's brutality behind the scenes. Trevor is very good in this more complex role. She is only matched by Walter Slezak who plays a low-life private investigator; Slezak basically steals every scene he is in.The plot-line is a fairly standard rise and fall narrative that many crime films had. The only real weakness to the story is in the marriage between Tierney and Trevor's rich half-sister. They make an incredibly unconvincing couple and you tend to forget they are even married most of the time. But this is a relatively minor complaint all things considered. The director is Robert Wise, who proved himself to be somewhat reliably versatile. He was responsible for films as different as the horror movie The Haunting and the science fiction film The Andromeda Strain; Born to Kill proves that he could certainly make an entertaining film-noir too.