Class Warfare

The actors seemed to be pretty well cast, and the plot twists were good. :) The ending is probably a little "too pat", but hey, at least there's justice in the world. And at the end there's a kind of revelation about how it all got started. ;)

As a native to British Columbia, I want to say again how amusing it is that the movie was set in Washington state, but the whole film was done in Vancouver and environs, as well as having the Government of Canada logo prominently displayed in the closing credits as being a grantor of money for the film project. *grin*

Lindsey Mckeon smoking a cigarette was so sexy and the movie made me a fan of Lindsey McKeon the movie was so good I watch it 5 times and wanted to buy the movie and I will love to watch it over and over again 225 times to put how much I would watch it like the movie porky's and Lindsey is such a great actress and her movies are so good I will tell anyone read this review to watch this movie and see why I love it so much and why Lindsey McKeon is a great actress and sexy looking and watch her other movies and television shows and her time on the soap guiding light and enjoy her photos online and check out her internet movie database page like I did and enjoy all the stuff on the page

A proof that it's not necessary for a movie to have a deep many-layered story and other sophisticated elements to be a good movie. Even if the story could be expanded in many directions, especially in more sociological way (people lust for money) it seems that it's perfect just the way it is. Through many sudden changes it takes the spectator to the end without any unnecessary complications and without letting the spectator taking the eyes of the screen.

But the acting for me isn't so good. With the exception of Lindsey McKeon the others were average or even worst. In some scenes they just empty-stared in front of themselves. For exception of Lindsey which was more convincing. It's a really simple movie for just laying back and enjoying.

7/10

STRENGTHS: good performance from the lead actress, a few suspenseful moments, one or two twists that I didn't see coming, and a satisfying enough resolution to the central conflict

WEAKNESSES: horrible music, dumb ending, one-dimensional characters, some corny dialogue, some choices that didn't make sense.

OVERALL IMPRESSION: This movie feels very dated, like an edgy Disney channel original movie. It's an interesting premise though, but one that I feel could've been executed so much better if the writing was stronger. This is George Finch's only screenwriting credit so I don't know how seasoned of a writer he is as information on him is scarce if not nonexistent. But this film doesn't stand out in any way. It's just okay.

A few wealthy high school seniors in the Seattle area take a three-day weekend break at a remote vacation home on Puget Sound in which they bring along an ungreedy idealist (Robin Dunne). The materialistic president of their class (Lindsey McKeon) naturally clashes with him until it's discovered that he's won the lottery.

"Class Warfare" (2001) takes the cabin-in-the-woods scenario and adds the interesting conflict of selfless generosity vs. Selfish avarice. There's a horror element in the Hitchcockian sense, but don't look for an eye-rolling slayer with a mask and a butcher knife.

Similar flicks include "Humongous" (1982), "Out of Control" (1984), "April Fool's Day" (1986) and "American Gothic" (1987). While the set-up of each is comparable, the antagonists/threat are all different. Needless to say, if you like these, you'll likely appreciate what this one has to offer.

Lindsey McKeon is certainly alluring, but her character (Kristen) is such a manipulative money-obsessed biyatch, it's hard to warm up to her. Also on the feminine front is Kiele Sanchez as Amber.

While this debuted on cable (USA Network), it has a bigger budget than the typical 'B' horror/thriller. For instance, the isolated vacation home is awesome and the Great Northwest scenery is to die for. Then there's a fairly involved sequence downtown in the last act, which I bring up because it costs moolah to shoot in the city (permits, etc.). Meanwhile the no-name actors all rise to the challenge with convincing portrayals (also including Wade Carpenter as Jason and Dave McGowan as Graham).

The film runs 1 hour,36 minutes, and was shot in the area of Vancouver, British Columbia.

GRADE: B.