Just out of a relationship. His fault...not yours. Go back to the gym. Lose a few pounds. Get toned in all the right places. Put on some tight pants and a sports bra. Sweat when the guys come by. Hire a personal trainer. What could go wrong? Today's film has the answer for that...a lot! Our feature today is 2018's "The Killer Trainer" (aka "Blood, Sweat, and Lies"), directed by Lane Shefter Bishop.
The sultry Melissa (Hannah Barefoot) dumps her boyfriend of five years. Good move. Now she is convinced by her sultry bestie, Leslie (Briana Lane) to go back to the gym. The gym is a meat market. The personal trainer at the gym, Trey (Adam Huber) , takes an immediate liking to Melissa...as do we. Now she hires him to get her in better shape. She'll sweat a lot. He'll look good ordering her around. She gets in better shape. Uh oh...now it gets creepy. Trey gives Melissa a bracelet to monitor her vitals. Trey will keep an eye on these vitals and furiously grunt as Melissa's heart rate spikes during pre-marital sex, not with him though. See, Melissa likes Trey but is not interested in dating him. Trey is obsessed with Melissa. Melissa finds a new BF, the hunk Adam (Matt Cedeno). Trey is not happy and begins sabotaging Melissa's life. He'll take over her phone from his laptop and text Adam and Leslie trying to isolate Melissa.
Okay, it gets creepier. Uh oh...we start to see that Trey's unhealthy attraction to Melissa existed long before she stepped into the club. Even worse, the peeps in her life, including Adam and Leslie, are in mortal danger. Viciousness touches all aspects of Melissa's life and it is apparent to her some psycho is after her...though she does not know it is Trey. I must say Melissa gives us some nice scenes sweating, in tight work-out gear, and in throes of passion. Trey is beefy, just not Melissa's type. Unfortunately for Melissa, Trey will force the issue and get increasingly unhinged.
Sweaty babes in tight work-out gear need to make a comeback. That aerobic gear from the 1980s is so missed. Will Hannah ever figure out her trainer is a complete whack-ball? Will there be sweaty sauna scenes? Will Leslie and Adam survive to the end of the film? This is a good one, but I must confess... mostly because Hannah Barefoot is quite a dish who looks good in tight work-out gear. For a gratuitous movie going work-out, see "The Killer Trainer."