Hotwired in Suburbia

Some decent acting and good production .Very harsh reviews ..Enjoyable movie Do not go on these unfair reviews

As so many have stated, hotwiring vehicles by slapping two wires together is a bit hokey. As for the newer model vehicles that don't need keys, yes that's very real but involves a little more sophistication. But, I stuck it out for the story. In for a penny, in for a pound. As such, this is a very tame Canidian rip of Gone in 60 seconds and the first couple fast and furious movies. There's also the fact that everyone in the U.S. knows every major skyline in the state of New York by now. As much as I like watching films made in Canada, seeing Toronto skylines passed off as New York is about the biggest gaffe a movie producer can make these days. The rest could have played better if the two main characters had been more believable and the story line moved along a little faster and more cohesive. I give it 10 stars for a possible good storyline, but can only give it 1 star for the execution. And yes, this movie feels like it had been literally executed and left for dead.

While the basic premise is somewhat plausible, the execution is not. First of all, "hotwiring" went out of fashion fifty years ago, when GM came up with the locking steering column, which locked the steering wheel and the gear selector mechanism. While motor vehicles are still being stolen, it requires a bit more sophistication than simply twisting two wires together.

The modern variation on auto theft, which involves sophisticated electronics, is a reality. This makes one wonder what they were thinking when they came up with the idea of RFID technology, so that one need not reach into one's pocket to use a car key to enter and start a vehicle. What could possibly go wrong???

I know this is a made for TV movie about two (2) high school girls who are a bit on the wild side but I like my crime films to have some level of reality. These two (2) car thieves decide to hot wire cars and make a few bucks selling them to garages that strip the cars for parts, but actions such as these without real penalties tends to glamorize the grand theft auto crime when in reality they could get caught by the car owners, and not the cops, and then they may have to suffer real street justice.

The acting was okay, but the music scores attempt to create suspense fell flat, just as the two teenyboppers film ending left me flat.

I give the film a 4 out of 10 IMDB rating.

Even the trailer is god-awful. I wanted to see what all the negative reviews were about, now I wish I had that 2.5 minutes of my life back.

This is more of a "previously on..." montage than an actual trailer. It's basically just clips of the film stuck together for 2.5 minutes. The story looks boring and far-fetched.