Maybe it’s the whole betrayal of his own son that gets me. Maybe it’s just the ick factor of it all. I just know that a story like this isn’t grabbing me, despite the fantastic cast. I guess the whole “erotic obsession and forbidden desire” thing is coming back after years of few erotic thrillers. At least that’s what everyone is saying in regards to the Ana de Armas and Ben Affleck film “Deep Water” which premieres today. 

Erotic thrillers were totally fun during their heyday in the 1990s (“Basic Instinct,” “Disclosure,” and “Body Heat” as examples”) and it’s great that they’re coming back, but this one seems … well, maybe it’s just me. I don’t know how much of a thriller this is going to be, of course, but when a father and son are sleeping with the same woman, and she’s engaged to one of them, I feel like something bad is going to come from it, and it definitely won’t end well. You don’t see stories like this ending with a big family picnic. 

“Damage” was written by Morgan Lloyd-Malcolm (“The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa”) and Benji Walters with Glenn Leyburn and Lisa Barros D’Sa (“Good Vibrations”) set to direct. The series will be produced by Gina Carter, with Moonage’s Matthew Read and Frith Triplady, as well as Gaumont’s Alison Jackson executive producing.