The Sundance breakout already picked up by Netflix makes screen sex feel sexy (and dangerous) again.

Wherefore thebunny boilersand basic instincts of yore?

What the genre needed, maybe, was fresh blood.

Phoebe Dynevor and Alden Ehrenreich appear in Fair Play by Chloe Domont, an official selection of the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute

Phoebe Dynevor and Alden Ehrenreich in ‘Fair Play’.Courtesy of Sundance Institute

And with that bravura moment,Fair Playmarks the spot: These pretty people will get raw.

Can this relationship survive a power shift that neither of them saw coming?

Or maybe the better question is, should it?