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Trois 2: Pandora's Box
Directed byRob Hardy
Written byRob Hardy
Gregory Ramon Anderson
Produced byWilliam Packer
Gregory Ramon Anderson (co-producer)
StarringMonica Calhoun
Michael Jai White
Kristoff St. John
Joey Lawrence
Chrystale Wilson
Tyson Beckford
CinematographyMatthew MacCarthy
Distributed byRainforest Films
Release date
  • August 9, 2002 (2002-08-09)
Running time103 minutes
LanguageEnglish
Budget$800,000
Box office$881,950

Trois 2: Pandora's Box (also known as Pandora's Box) is a 2002 erotic thriller written and directed by Rob Hardy. It stars Monica Calhoun, Michael Jai White, and Kristoff St. John.

When first released, the film was known as Pandora's Box. The studio believed that it was similar in some ways to director Rob Hardy's film Trois and branded it as a franchise. Chrystale Wilson made a brief appearance as her character Tammy from Trois.

Plot

A woman's infidelity leads her into a web of larceny and danger in this noir-flavored independent thriller. Mia DuBois (Monica Calhoun) is a psychologist who until recently worked with the police department, counseling the survivors of victims of violent crime. While Mia has entered into a successful private practice, she's persuaded by her former colleagues to take on new client, Tammy (Chrystale Wilson), who is still dealing with the recent murder of her husband. As Mia helps Tammy with her problems, Mia finds herself thinking about her own marriage to Victor (Kristoff St. John), which has hardly been happy lately. As Mia begins wondering if she has other options, she visits a mysterious nightclub, Pandora's Box, where she meets the sexy and mysterious Hampton Hines (Michael Jai White). Mia soon begins having an affair with Hampton, unaware that Hampton is actually working with Victor and Tammy; Mia is soon to inherit $20 million, and Victor is determined to get his hands on the money. Hampton soon shifts his alliances to stay with Mia, but Victor and Tammy are not giving up their shares of the fortune quite so easily.

Cast

Reception

Pandora's Box debuted in theaters on August 9, 2002. Bringing in $85,710 from 14 cites, it opened in 38th place on the box office charts with an average gross of $6,122 per theater. Although Pandora's Box received poor reviews from critics, it was enjoyed by fans of the Trois series. The film was nominated for the Blockbuster Award for Best Feature Film and Monica Calhoun received the Best Performance by an Actress award at the 2002 American Black Film Festival. Calhoun was also nominated for Best Independent Film Actress at the 2003 Black Reel Awards.

Sequel

On December 28, 2004, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released Trois: The Escort, the third film in the series, direct-to-video.

Reference

  1. "PSYCHIATRIST IS IN OVER HER HEAD IN EROTIC THRILLER". Sep 27, 2002. Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 19 May 2013. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=pandorasbox.htm
  3. http://boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2002&wknd=32&p=.htm
  4. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/trois_2_pandoras_box/
  5. http://abff.com/festival/press/press-releases/2002/070802.php
  6. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004793/awards
  7. http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/troistheescort/

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