Exposição Perigosa

Sure, as I sat down to watch the 2018 thriller "A Night to Regret", I must admit that I wasn't really having much of any expectations for it, given it being a Lifetime movie and all. But hey, it was a movie that I hadn't already seen, and since I had the chance to watch it, of course I took the time to sit down and watch it.

Turns out that "A Night to Regret" was actually an enjoyable movie. It definitely was more watchable and entertaining than I had thought it would turn out to be. And it was definitely a movie that provided me with sufficient entertainment.

Indeed, the storyline was fairly generic for a stalker movie such as this. But it still turned out well enough, as the movie was nicely paced and had some nice enough acting performances. And I must admit that the stalker, Jake, definitely had a creepy vibe going on, and it was something that added to the overall feel of the movie.

If you enjoy a straight forward thriller with a stalker theme, then you should give "A Night to Regret" a watch. It was actually surprisingly watchable and sufficiently entertaining. But it is hardly a movie that you will watch more than a single time.

My rating of "A Night to Regret" lands on a six out of ten stars.

A relatively modern story blossoms further, aided by expert flourishes of art direction, cinematography and sumptuous music giving a bit of classic Hollywood production gloss.

Kevin McNamara capitalizes on this opportunity to play Jake Peters and delivers quite a large presence, turning out a disgusting villan, though we don't know how he got that way.

Mollee Gray plays student Chelsea and carries the movie like the pro she is, though she's 27 and appears to be playing a younger more naive character at times and not totally inhabiting the role. Mollee's ready to branch out.

Seasoned Marguerite Moreau plays the mom and is at times in her free-wheeling element but in other scenes feels confined to a persona she wasn't prepared for.

An international production flavor makes this an inviting watch.

First, the bad guy is so badly miscast. I doubt he got all his tattoos and suntan while he was in a mental institution crying for mommy being so cold and mean. And with his very hot looks he had to go through all that trouble to get to be with girls for whom he is so out of their league? Right. The poor guy does his best and it's not his fault. But what were they thinking?

Secondly, who was in charge of the music? All that weird chorals made it sound like we were watching a movie about a satanic cult or the antichrist coming to earth!! Again, what were they thinking?

Third, everyone seemed to live in the same two or three blocks in the same city. Even when one of them surfes the web looking for live cams he happens to end up on a page whose owners and live girls are all in the same neighbourhood.

It's a small world.

Clearly they were NOT thinking.

Pretending you can "sharp" blurry pixels from a random internet video with 700% zoom is shameful. I was not expecting much from this movie, there are several holes in the argument, but this is really astonishing. Weak tier C movie.

Nothing special about this one. It's not even that creepy of a story given the subject matter. Maybe because the overly loud and overly dramatic score makes it hard to take seriously.

It's not as preachy or as PSA-esque as most of the Lifetime movies dealing with social media, but it's not entertaining either.