There’s no Spoiler Alert.

I watched each movie one day.  The second, Fifty Shades Darker, pointedly unrated, does not differ from Fifty Shades of Gray rated R. Each has the same backside nudity, and in front nothing below the waist. There’s a little tying her up but not for long. He’s not using all the tools in his bondage closet. There’s no Basic Instinct stuff.

So what’s left for the actors? Dialogue at work, on the street, shopping, partying – the same scenes – and the actors aren’t always together. The advertising gimmick is the lure of physical instruction, but that is as boring the last time as it was the first time.