The Kate Logan Affair

A supposed noire thriller that ends up coming across as a fruity and bizarre dark comedy for most of the film's running time. An event eventually occurs which then plunges the film into a dreary vortex of soulless performances, weak and uninspired dialogue, and all round sheer mediocrity. Everything that made the film bearable up to that point - the awkward yet authentic dialogue, the quirky characters and comedic cockups - suddenly dissipates into thin air leaving behind a slightly more focused film but also an ultimately depressing, boring and uneventful one. The ending's just as confused as the rest of the film. Instead of being some kind of ironic wink and nod , it feels more like a desperate attempt at trying to salvage something from the unfocused mess that's occurred over the past 80 minutes.

The whole film feels like a Rory Gilmore dream in which Alexis Bledel tries to take acting seriously, but still fails because the script is just bad...

"We're gonna drive some more, we're gonna find a hotel and I'm gonna do some thinking. There's a way out of this situation that doesn't involve me losing my job and you losing your wife." New to the force officer Kate Logan (Bledel) stops someone she thinks matches the description of a killer. After realizing her mistake she offers to buy him a drink. The two soon begin an affair that leads to secrets and problems that make them regret meeting each other. I wasn't quite sure what to expect from this movie. It didn't really seem like a movie I would like, mostly because it seemed like it would be a "Lifetime" movie. It took about a half hour for anything of substance to happen and about an hour in for me to get interested. The "twist" at the end was OK but very predictable. My main problem with the movie is that the event that causes the spiral of events is so minor that it makes the movie a little unbelievable. Overall, if you like the "Lifetime" channel movies you will like this one. I do and did not. I give it a B-.

Each to their own. There will be people who loved it and people who hated it, for whatever reason. I myself, am a GG fan, but it was interesting to see Alexis Bedel play such a contrast character to Rory Gilmore. A breath of fresh air. See her acting skills rise.

Whether her character, kate, was unstable beforehand or whether fear and consequence made her make certain decisions, made me wonder just how far the mind can be pushed - mentally or by choice of action or environment.

Sometimes you just have to skip the reviews and make your own decision, because everyone has different tastes, and perceptions.

A 7 for me!

A minor Canadian production that brings an unusual plot, certainly it wasn't so unrealistic, as many suppose, a mature French businessman Beinot Gando work with insurances came to Canada to attend a meeting, he was mistaken with a rapist at large and a female Cop Kate Logan try arrest him, under a unfriendly approach, through his passport he proves to be who he really is, after this point the ashamed Cop invites him to a drink, as sincere apology, aftermaths both were involved by sex, then the fatality comes, a Cop's gun was shot by accident at motel room, she is afraid to be fired under this fact, they decide running, Logan takes over of all decisions, cold and scheming she try find a best thing to do, the time is running, what seems a simple misunderstood becomes strongly matters to solve, the audience hope for a fair ending, the worst still didn't come...but it is near.... Palatable and unpredictable!!!

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First watch: 2019 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 6.5