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Seconds Apart...

I'm not sure how to explain WHY I liked this movie except that, I did. The only advice I can give someone who is about to rent this movie is... If you want something that will scare you, thrill you, and mess with your head... Rent this movie.

Looking over the reviews I see that a lot of people rate this movie highly while others rate it poorly. In my opinion, I can only imagine the poor votes are from people who were expecting your more typical, everyday scary film. This story, and it's direction, are nothing like your typical scary flick, not at all. I liked that because I want something different, and that is what I got.

On another note... I also have to commend the actors. I never found myself doubting someone and I was very impressed with the twins. acting especially.

Did I get scared... Yes. I even had trouble sleeping afterwards. I rate this highly because I got what I wanted, this movie delivered. I rated it a 9 because I was surprised.... something I rarely find in horror films these days.

The horror stories in the news and the endless stream of Amber Alerts can terrorize a parent while a child will remain innocent and naive to the concerns we parents have. Stranger safety, as it's referred to in this video, is not presented in a way to scare children. Far better; it teaches them in a fun and easy to understand way. The lessons are never over bearing and more importantly everything easily can lead to some valuable parent/child discussions. All in my entire child finds it fun to watch.

This video talks TO your child and not AT them. It lightly discusses the dangers and uses cleaver and sensible labels such as "Kinda' knows" (people your children learn to trust but need to know the firm boundaries, like their soccer coach). Then there are "Safe side adults" who are adults to be trusted without reservation, like parents. It talks about your safety zone and presents things in a fun green/yellow/red light guide to common daily situations.

I highly recommended this video to any family.

This movie had lots of potential, beautiful women, cute guys, a beach, beer, a hot tub, a mansion on the beach, a swimming pool, a sexy maid who hates her job, and really nice cars. However, the movie had one thing that doomed it to failure... a full length script and a bunch of sexy women who want to give acting a try because they think it would be a cool idea.

Let's put it this way...

If you find yourself at a party and you have a choice between watching this movie or a childs potty training video from the 70s, choose the potty training video.