Reviews

It must be a record for me how quickly I figured out who the killer is. The creepy professor with the thick French accent was annoying to the level of crawling under the skin! They tried to deflect the story by throwing a red herring so we would think we know who the killer is.

The dinner date with Thomas was full of nauseating cheesy dialogue. Oh heck while we're at it, the acting was abysmal on all counts, well with the exception of Autumn the daughter. I that's because she didn't have a longer time in front of the camera.

Thomas continued to be cringy. Gosh I am running out of things to day I hope I made the six-hundred characters, to get this posted.

I honestly do not know what the filmmaker's objective was here. Alice is the supposed protagonist who apparently is trapped by a trigger happy psycho (who served in the military) on a killing rampage and somehow is fixated on Alice and wants to kill her.

I almost immediately disliked Alice when it was revealed early on she was having an affair with a coworker. Even as she gave her sop story about being told what to do by her dad, her husband and her boss, and her diabolical explanation about why she was having an affair and I quote: "I'm not having an affair because I'm in love, I'm having an affair because I'm in pain" failed to get empathy from me or convince me that somehow she is damaged goods.

The killer seemed to know a lot about Alice. She did her best to refute his allegations/ assumptions, but again, that did not convince me.

The movie failed to entertain me on all levels some of which I highlighted above. The little girl at the end was pretty weird. After Alice told her to run she just lingered on and took a really good look at Alice killing the killer and dying herself before she burst into a run followed by end credits, where I had a massive what the hell moment.

For a really good thriller which is gas station themed I highly recommend Open 24 Hours starring the talented Vanessa Grasse and Emily Tennant.

Another example of a Hollywood star well past his/her use-by-date, in this case none other than Mel Gibson. Aside from the Lethal Weapon installments, he had proven himself in other works such as Gallipoli, Ransom, Fatman, Blood Father, the Beaver, Edge of Darkness, Payback, the Man Without a Face. I was not very keen on the Mad Max installments.

The story was a rip off of the superb Michael Douglas and Shaun Penn movie the Game. That movie was superbly done and in a league of its own. This movie looked like a high school kid wrote its script. There was no complexities or real plot twists. Towards the end everything just piled on each other in a very rushed way.

I honestly cannot even say the premise was good but the actual movie was not. The premise was quite diabolical actually. WARNING SPOILER: the practical joker gets his own medicine dished out to him. Nothing shocking.

Don't bother with this one!

This had all the elements and potential to be a good thriller, but it failed abysmally especially towards the end. It was a little bit similar to Halle Berry's 2012 movie the Caller in some ways.

The concept was pretty good in parts but it got pretty confusing. So she is a doctor and we find out that she made a mistake with a patient and the patient died of kidney failure. And her dad paid off the kid's parents (the Gabriels) so they would not sue his daughter Malina, the main protagonist.

What I do not understand is why and who took Malina's kidney? Apparently the Gabriels had nothing to do with her kidnapping so we can rule them out. And the story got lamer when it is revealed that her boyfriend Enno was involved in the kidnapping plot and apparently he showed no remorse or even inclination to help free Malina even after she begged him and told him she could get more money from her dad and she loved him. He only had a change of heart when Malina sent her sister Mona's ultrasound to him and told him she was pregnant. Only then did he do something but alas the kidnapper killed him and dumped him in the trunk beside Malina.

The melodrama in the trunk with Malina and Enno's corpse did not impress me one bit. Oh and on a final note what the hell was that stupid 1970s style pop song with the end credits?

The three reviews posted here are so vague and misleading that when I watched the whole movie it confirmed to me that the reviews were just all over the place.

I despised Molly and especially Victoria from the beginning. Even if allegedly Charlie had done what he had done, murdering him was way over the top. Watching the movie it was pretty much clear to me that Victoria was a total manipulator and control freak. I am sure it was her who put the idea to murder Charlie into her head. Molly came across as naïve and weak and easily manipulated.

Then there is Austin, Molly's brother who is the sensible guy and tries to save Molly from the horrific mess that she has been put into.

I did not like the ending the way Victoria just drives off, but I am hoping that with the cigarette that Austin stuffed into Charlie's mouth, the cops would eventually catch up with Victoria and throw the book at her. Or I would have liked a better ending like Molly killing Victoria as revenge for killing her brother, instead of killing herself by overdosing.

One other thing, I think the little flashback at the end involving Molly Austin and Charlie seemed very pointless to me. It did not answer any unanswered questions for me.

If this movie's intention was for the audience to empathise with the Jennifer character, well guess what? It failed miserably. I despised Jennifer from the get go. She was immature, selfish and entitled. The last straw for me was when she said to her baby: "thanks for ruining my life." Emmm, excuse me but who was the one who ruined Jennifer's life in the first place? It was none other than Jennifer herself.

I am writing this review as I am watching the movie. Thirty minutes into the movie I still do not like Jennifer. I cannot blame her mother for the way she confronted her in the park when Zoe was abducted. She was telling the truth after all. Jennifer never wanted the baby and she did leave the baby to her own devices and went off to a party got smashed and she even said she didn't want to go home and wanted to stay at the part a bit longer. It was her friend who was trying to talk her into going home to take care of Zoe.

But seriously the story was so stupid. I mean how quickly Jennifer changed and suddenly became the caring mother desperately trying to find her baby was just silly. And her little prayer to God while holding the little fluffy toy, sorry but it did nothing to make me change my mind on how despicable Jennifer was.

The acting left a lot to be desired. I like Jean Louisa Kelly because she impressed me in Uncle Buck. Oh and I recognized Jeff Branson's voice from somewhere and when I checked his IMDb profile I was not surprised, he was in I Spit on Your Grave opposite Sarah Butler.

The bizarre twist at the end was just stupid. After everything she went through to get Zoe back, she decides to put her up for adoption, her reason being: "what's best for Zoe." Oh really? You don't have to lie. You got what you wanted, your freedom back, no baby to tie you down. Who knows, this might be a lesson for your to keep your legs firmly closed! -10 stars!