McBride: The Chameleon Murder

Enjoyed viewing John Larroquette,(McBride),"Happy Family",'03 TV Series, perform as a lawyer who had a kind heart and was willing to defend a client who had no money and was deeply involved in a murder which was almost air tight against him. The film starts off with a very sexy hot looking blond driving along and stops at a Diner and mets a guy who needs a ride. The blond buys him a cup of coffee and gives him a ride to his destination. Once the blonde drops him off in front of his apartment things start to happened and McBride gets to work trying to solve a murder mystery which is very hard to figure out. Very enjoyable film and entertaining; it should be made into a TV Series.

As much as I like John Larroquette, I found this "mystery" a little hard to watch, mainly for what it didn't deliver - John Larroquette. He is playing it so low-key in this un-puzzling story that I was afraid he had fallen asleep.

Also, I must have watched too much "Law & Order" over the years, because I found myself wanting to leap up and cry "objection" in the courtroom scenes. From Perry Mason to Ben Matlock, TV attorneys have almost always bent the rules of the court by revealing facts in their "questions" that no judge would ever allow in a real trial. But even the staid and stoic Owen Marshall did it with more vigor than Larroquette's somnambulent McBride (no first name given).

The charge for this one: Dullness in the first degree.

The story starts off with a beautiful blond woman giving a man a ride to his house. She flirts with him and drops him off.

Later she is murdered in her car and the young man is blamed. Her pocket book is found in his house and other things seem to make him look guilty.

McBride represents the young man for a friend of his that works with the man and says there is no way he can murder someone.

McBride and his crew find out 1. The husband of the dead woman is rich and does not seem sad about her death. He is also a womanizer. 2. They find out she has a hotel room in another state and is also married to someone from the mob who is not short of money either. 3. They find out she is married to a third man and is leaving the country with a new wig and passport. 4. She also bought a condo with husbands money who did not know about it.

While McBride is putting these things together and brings up the case in court. He brings about sympathy for the poor murdered woman who was put in different foster homes when she was young and would do anything a man wanted her too.

When you see her in the car the first time with the man she is giving a ride home she is not a man pleaser. She is a man user and uses their money and flirts to get what she wants and offers some sort of service. She married rich men and travels back and forth to different husbands.

So she gets murdered but the sympathy McBride tries to get her that she was adopted, tried to please men is unwarranted.

PS The series is not bad but there is constant music in the background to make the story interesting, it is repetitive and annoying.

If you're in the mood for a neatly satisfying detective yarn without too many complications to obscure the plot, this is your chance to watch a Hallmark presentation starring John Larroquette as detective McBride.

Without needing too much persuasion (a bit hard to swallow), he takes on the almost open and shut case of a young man falsely accused of murder and robbery. He goes about methodically interviewing various suspects without realizing that the chief suspect is one he and the viewer will undoubtedly overlook. In true crime fashion, here the actual killer is the one you are least likely to suspect.

Suffice it to say, this tale about a woman with several identities, passes the time pleasantly with enough quips and interesting situations to keep you tuned in until the conclusion.