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Four small-town boys are kidnapped by warm-eyed psychopath James Whitley.Four small-town boys are kidnapped by warm-eyed psychopath James Whitley.Four small-town boys are kidnapped by warm-eyed psychopath James Whitley.
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I don't know why this was made. Poorly acted and bad script. Highlight is watching the cliches fly through the plot. Love Mira Sorvino. But this was just a mess.
First of all Mira Sorvino is always going to add to any films credibility. This is not her first rodeo playing a crime fighter. I recall her starring as an ICE Agent in the 2005 TV Mini-Series, Human Trafficking, and she held her own in that dramatic film series.
Having said that Mira Sorvino is somewhat wasted in this low budget film by todays standards THRILLER. I don't know what the films director was thinking when Detective Erica Shotwell (Mira Sorvino) walked through some parts of the investigation wearing a mans hat on her head? It looked ridiculous. But I digress. Back to the plot. There is a psycho on the loose after a prison break and in a vaguely similar style to the 1996 film title, Sleepers, there is an abuser of young boys who have to find a way to survive their past horrors and then re-live those memories when this psycho breaks out of prison.
Mira Sorvinos cop partner is Detective Brian Larson, (Kristoffer Polaha) who has a bit of a drinking problem which is his cross to bare after being one of the four young boys who survived the psycho predator who held him and three other boys in his torture chamber.
The script had all the makings of a good story, as well as casting Mira Sorvino in a lead role, her father Paul Sorvino as the precincts Captain, and her husband Christopher Backus as another one of the four tortured boys living with their nightmares from their horrific childhood(s).
It's just too bad that the on screen film just wasn't so thrilling as maybe the script could have been. Therefore I give this film a ho hum 5 out of 10 IMDb rating.
Having said that Mira Sorvino is somewhat wasted in this low budget film by todays standards THRILLER. I don't know what the films director was thinking when Detective Erica Shotwell (Mira Sorvino) walked through some parts of the investigation wearing a mans hat on her head? It looked ridiculous. But I digress. Back to the plot. There is a psycho on the loose after a prison break and in a vaguely similar style to the 1996 film title, Sleepers, there is an abuser of young boys who have to find a way to survive their past horrors and then re-live those memories when this psycho breaks out of prison.
Mira Sorvinos cop partner is Detective Brian Larson, (Kristoffer Polaha) who has a bit of a drinking problem which is his cross to bare after being one of the four young boys who survived the psycho predator who held him and three other boys in his torture chamber.
The script had all the makings of a good story, as well as casting Mira Sorvino in a lead role, her father Paul Sorvino as the precincts Captain, and her husband Christopher Backus as another one of the four tortured boys living with their nightmares from their horrific childhood(s).
It's just too bad that the on screen film just wasn't so thrilling as maybe the script could have been. Therefore I give this film a ho hum 5 out of 10 IMDb rating.
Wow... For all the great actors in this movie. What happen? Didn't like the script or the Director? Zero chemistry and their married. Aaron Farb Long Gressy Hair was so disgusting that I stop eating my popcorn. You couldn't wash it, and slick you're hair back for the movie? Why couldn't you get Your cut. You just came back from undercover, Your not believable as a cop. Sorry... This movie is so hard to watch. I feel so bad for the producers who had to pay all this money for horrible acting...
I lasted fifteen minutes. Just about everything is terrible. Direction. Script. Acting. Lighting. Locations. This is a low-rent, filler film.
The supporting actors keep "mugging" in a juvenile, distracting manner.
These " nine star" reviews are bogus.
The supporting actors keep "mugging" in a juvenile, distracting manner.
These " nine star" reviews are bogus.
What happened to Mira Sorvino? Why is she taking any role available? We may never get an answer to that but we have an answer to what rock bottom really is: this movie. Poorly written, pathetically directed, hilariously overacted, with effects that make Sci Fi Channel movies look competent, this is garbage. Three out of ten only because I feel sorry for Sorvino - she deserves better.
Did you know
- TriviaMira Sorvino & Christopher Backus are married.
- SoundtracksEternity
written by Rie Sinclair, Sheila Ellis, Attila Fodor
performed by Rie Sinclair & Attila Fodor
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Details
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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