The beginning scene of the movie was a farce: intentionally misleading the audience into thinking the main lead character Audrey and her mom were shot and killed when they weren't. Just another of LMN's cheesy gimmicks, especially with the voice-over by Audrey saying this is how the audience is manipulated into watching the movie - by showing a minor character being killed at the beginning. Then she went on to make it even wackier by specifying that she wasn't actually a minor character but the main lead character and this is her story. So as we watch the rest of the movie, we're thinking 'why bother?' since we already know she would be killed by the end. Ridiculous misleading tacky gimmick that should make Lifetime ashamed and embarrassed but they're most likely proud of it.
Even though I know that Lifetime is capable of great movies (although few and far between), I'm going through a gradual LMN withdrawal in which I'm recording and watching fewer of their flicks every week/month. Pretty soon it will be maybe 2 or 3 a year, but only the ones that sound like they might have been made with halfway intelligent adults in mind as the desired audience.
More and more it seems like most of their flicks are written, directed, and edited by pre-teens. Toward the end of this movie, when Audrey and her mom were watching the news about Michael and Nora being arrested, the last line of the text on their TV screen contained a blatant mistake/glaring omission: it should have been "ready to strike a plea deal" - NOT "ready to strike a plea".
And of course their main basic gimmick of all that hasn't changed in years: a psycho murderer and all the people that are affected by him/her. Usually the psycho's identity is kept secret for the majority of the movie, but in rare instances like this one, we find out halfway through who it is.
The only reason I give it 3 is for Jhey Castles' acting as the only good thing about this movie. Otherwise it would be 1.
3 out of 10 / Grade D
Even though I know that Lifetime is capable of great movies (although few and far between), I'm going through a gradual LMN withdrawal in which I'm recording and watching fewer of their flicks every week/month. Pretty soon it will be maybe 2 or 3 a year, but only the ones that sound like they might have been made with halfway intelligent adults in mind as the desired audience.
More and more it seems like most of their flicks are written, directed, and edited by pre-teens. Toward the end of this movie, when Audrey and her mom were watching the news about Michael and Nora being arrested, the last line of the text on their TV screen contained a blatant mistake/glaring omission: it should have been "ready to strike a plea deal" - NOT "ready to strike a plea".
And of course their main basic gimmick of all that hasn't changed in years: a psycho murderer and all the people that are affected by him/her. Usually the psycho's identity is kept secret for the majority of the movie, but in rare instances like this one, we find out halfway through who it is.
The only reason I give it 3 is for Jhey Castles' acting as the only good thing about this movie. Otherwise it would be 1.
3 out of 10 / Grade D