ObsessionNetflix, starring Richard Armitage and Charlie Murphy, is a twisted and tantalizing story about two people in a chaotic and dangerous affair. Our review:
Based on Josephine Hart's 1991 novel Damage, Obsession takes us down a dark and twisting road of possessive, toxic romance and indulges in the eroticism and unhealthy nature of its subject. The series stars Richard Armitage, Charlie Murphy, Indira Varma, and Rish Shah and follows William and Anna as they engage in an illicit affair behind the backs of the people closest to them.
Written by playwright Morgan Lloyd-Malcolm alongside Benji Walters, the series is far more progressive when it comes to the sex between Anna and William. While it is still torrid and steamy, the two also engage in a sexual relationship with BDSM undertones, which actually compliments their complicated relationship and power dynamic. In the film and novel, Anna is a bit of a cipher, a mysterious and lovely figure that exists solely as the object of the William character's sexual obsession.
Directed by Glenn Leyburn and Lisa Barros D'Sa, one of the standouts in this series is how it approaches sex. There's a raw dynamism to Anna and William's sex scenes together, it's not just about enjoying the act, it's total indulgence and surrender. The clear lines drawn in the relationship when Anna and William enter into a BDSM dynamic are rarely seen and handled with more care than other stories on the subject . However, the element of obsession muddies the waters.
Performance-wise, Armitage and Murphy are a perfect match for the doomed couple. Armitage portrays William with all the desperate neediness of a drug addict. He's barely holding on when he's in the presence of Anna, in desperate need of a fix. There's a kind of unhinged vulnerability that he exposes that makes the character sympathetic while also sadly pitiful. Meanwhile, Murphy excels at playing the enigmatic Anna, who shows more of herself in this story than in any other iteration.
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