Fox, Shemar Moore, Golden Brooks, Sean Blakemore and Keshia Knight Pulliam.
Emery Simms is a highly educated business tycoon whose life takes a turn for the worse when he engages in an adulterous fling with the wildly free-spirited and exotic Allanah James.
Emery then visits his friend Brandon Collier, gives him a box cutter and tells him to help him unpack.
When Connie arrives at a park where the meeting is to take place she finds a beautifully dressed table with flowers and a bottled of chilled wine waiting.
In the meantime, Allanah returns to the condo where her husband, Derrick Woods, shows up demanding money.
After Emery is sentenced and sent to prison, Connie visits him and presents him with divorce papers, forcing him to sign them.
In Emery's flashback, the viewer sees and reveals that it was Brandon who set him and Allanah up, murdered her, and sent a box of evidence to Detectives Pierce and Morgan all in an attempt to get Connie all to himself.
Emery, in a fit of rage, then attempts to attack Brandon, but security guards hold him back.
The film ends with credits revealing that Emery is currently awaiting for an appeal for the murders of Allanah James and Kenneth Stroud.
[1] Don Houston of DVD Talk rated it 3/5 stars and wrote, "Motives combines some fine acting, a solid story, and deep characters, making it worth your time and money.
"[1] David Johnson of DVD Verdict called it unoriginal neo-noir film that delivers the expected sex, betrayal, and plot twists without relying on blaxploitation cliches.