Codice violato

No pun intended - a neat little thriller that is quite predictable to say the least. I doubt you won't be able to say where this is going early on. But it is not so much about the destination, but the road ahead ... and the road(s) taken. Still not the best thriller out there - what it does have going for it: the main "villain". Great actor whom you may have seen in other stuff before ... or after seeing him here! He is better than the part he has to phone in here.

That all being said, if you are down for a thriller of the week ... well you could do worse I reckon. The army background gives us some interesting set pieces ... other than that, the by the numbers thing is ok too.

I have to say... as an Army wife I found this movie entertaining. I also found it highly insulting. The story is certainly interesting... a colonel goes haywire and uses officers' wives to satisfy his needs. But unfortunately, this flick simply has NO basis in reality. There's no way a colonel would get away with what's depicted in this film. What's more, it really insults the professionalism of military officers and makes them look bad. It's not based in truth AT ALL.

Watch this movie if you're interested in being entertained. But PLEASE don't assume that anything in this movie is based on truth. It's not. There's nothing at all about this movie that's truthful.

Courtney Thorne-Smith and Peter Coyote are brilliant in this made for television thriller directed by Tim Matheson. Thorne-Smith stars as an army wife who is new to the army base where her husband (Tom Verica) is stationed. She soon meets and is harassed by Commander Case (Coyote). Coyote is superb as the villain and Thorne-Smith shines as the wife in distress. These made for T. V. thrillers are sometimes cheesy and over dramatic, but this is a well made film with terrific performances. Thorne-Smith was given a chance to show off her acting chops, and she did it wonderfully. I would recommend fans of drama to check it out, because it's a very entertaining drama.

I felt sorry for Peter Coyote in this. Given an almost impossible role to play and giving as much honesty this fine actor could give. Writing didn't help. Tim Matheson directing it was okay. Courtney Thorne-Smith was awful. Melodramatic in her acting and absolutely clueless in what the movie was all about. A bimbo with a purpose. Tom Verico as her husband kept a straight face throughout the picture. Tom Mason was in a fog most of the time as was the movie. Hard to believe this could happen, but I guess anything goes, right? This went nowhere. I was hoping the leading lady would get killed along the way and we could just end the trite. Mr. Coyote gets high praise for handling the most ridiculous role ever written for an actor to play.

This movie was so far-fetched that it wasn't enjoyable. I saw it during a "guilty pleasure" afternoon on the couch in front of Lifetime Movie Network, so I was even in the mood for cheesy early-90's chick flicks, and this one was just abominably terrible. The entire premise was ridiculous, the things that happened, from start to finish, were ridiculous, the resolution was ridiculous. Stupid, stupid, movie.

The acting wasn't terrible but it wasn't great--just forgettable.

Do not waste your time unless you feel like being blown away by ridiculousness.

I mean, I know sometimes movies require you suspend your disbelief, but this goes so far into unbelievable that it's not entertaining, it's just dumb.