Above Suspicion (Blu-ray + Digital)

I have always heard plenty of good things about Emilia Clarke from big fans of her show Game Of Thrones, but I prefer movies to TV and though I have seen her in a movie, the difference in mediums is apparent and I have not been impressed by her work in movies. But I still hope so I checked this out and I have to admit I can see why she is so popular. I love movies that are based on a true story, and nothing is truer than crime. The core of this movie is based on a book on the case of the first murder committed by an FBI Agent. Emilia Clarke plays the role of the FBI informant Susan Smith. It is the late 1980s in the Kentucky town of Pikeville, a small and impoverished mining community where people live off unemployment checks, modest services, and of course crime. Susan is a drug addict who spends her days getting high while providing for her children and her drug dealer ex-husband. This coincides with a new arrival, FBI Agent Mark Putnam, his wife, and a child attempt to make their lives. Putnam is young, smart, and handsome, willing to do anything to advance himself as he finds Susan as they agree to help each other. But it is not just helping each other stop crime but enjoying each other sexually. Susan is worn and weak, but she is attractive and feisty. Mark wants her even as it is a violation of his duty as an agent as well as morally wrong to cheat on his wife. Over time Mark's career is all that matters to him as whatever help he gains from Susan runs out as she attempts to sabotage his career while attempting to regain his attention and, in the end, leads to a tragic conclusion. I admit I was impressed by what I saw. Emilia Clarke is a great actress. Being English but succeeding in speaking with an impressive Southern accent and being this intoxicatingly attractive and spirited woman. You feel for her character even as she does bad things because she was taken advantage of by a selfish man. Jack Huston was good in his role himself as the selfish and immoral man who betrayed a woman who did so much for him. It surprises me that this was based on something real, it is that good of a story. I saw this on streaming, but I knew I wanted to keep this for Emilia Clarke on Blu-ray and Digital Copy. I wish they included special features on the real history, but this was fine.