Paranoia

Brigitte Bako gives a winning performance as Jana Mercer, a beautiful, sarcastic interior decorator who witnessed her family being murdered as a child by psycho Calvin Hawks (Larry Drake). Twenty years after the original crime, Jana (a night owl with a ultra-secure penthouse apartment) is again harassed via computer by Calvin, who informs her he's getting out on parole very soon and wants to be reunited. Unable to convince the authorities he's after her again, Jana retreats to the country with her new cop boyfriend. Guess who else shows up?

Drake is amusing and creepy as the psycho who tracks her down, slits a librarians neck ("Just because I could.") and tells another woman "Fear is the distance between pain and nothing!" It's silly that a mass murderer would have a laptop and advanced internet access IN his prison cell and would be getting out on parole after killing three people (hell, or nowadays, maybe it isn't), but, that aside, this has several surprising and effective plot twists, some witty dialogue, a pretty twisted flashback and nice attempts at establishing characters.

Ludicruous, almost amateur thriller about a killer (Drake) who gets out of the prison just to terrorize a young woman (Bako) who is the only survivor of the last crime of the bad guy. Weak plot, predictable all the way, extremely boring and with some campy performances, especially Drake, absolutely unconvincing and far - fetched. Don't lose your time and your money. I give this a 3 (three).

Jane Mercer is the sole survivor after the serial killer has brutally slaughtered her family. The girl is living in fear and loneliness isolated from the whole world. The only contiguity is her brief interviews with the shrunk and Internet. Until the night when someone has established communication with Jane via computer. She realizes that her interlocutor is the ruthless murderer who has killed her family. And to her horror she finds out that he is going to be released from his confinement very soon.

I rented the film Paranoia expecting a much better film. I felt that the plot was very weak. I expected a scary thriller and this movie did not scare me in the least. I did think the acting was good but the plot was terrible. I did, however, enjoy the line that was something like "Do whatever you want Jana...I have some Chinese food that's getting cold." I also thought the big black guy that was only in two scenes was interesting. What was his purpose?

This movie is somewhat suspenseful. Larry Drake plays a psycho who stalks Brigitte Bako, an actress who's best known for being naked in all her movies. He stalks her over the internet which is a new twist.