sddavis63
I get the play on words with the title. "Fatal Trust" refers to the fact (as Kate points out in the movie) that we routinely and without a second thought place our lives in the hands of complete strangers who we allow to do all sorts of invasive things to us just because they're doctors. It's a point that gets made in the closing captions of the movie, which share a couple of incidents in which doctors were guilty of murdering their patients. So the point is clear - doctors are humans, and just because they're doctors doesn't mean that they can't kill. Point taken. And I thought the climactic confrontation between Kate and Dr. Lucas was reasonably exciting. But overall the movie was something of a disappointment.Kate (Amy Jo Johnson - who I'm not at all familiar with) moves from the big city back to the small town where she grew up after her husband is murdered. She gets a job working as assistant to Dr. Lucas (David Haydn-Jones - also not really familiar with him) and over the course of time (a short period of time) she becomes suspicious because several of his elderly patients (including her own mother before Kate moved back) die suddenly.So it's a kind of murder mystery, and it's honestly nothing special. The acting and writing are both second-rate, and the revelation of how the doctor actually kills his victims actually made me chuckle a little bit because it seemed so silly. It's thankfully fairly short at a little under an hour and a half (it was made for TV and was probably two hours once commercials were inserted) and I'll give it the credit of saying that the story does move along relatively well. Unfortunately, it's just not that good a movie. (3/10)
edwagreen
After her husband is killed, a woman returns with her young son to her small town birthplace.She becomes a secretary to the local town doctor, a good looking man who apparently has his own agenda consisting of killing his elderly patients.It's never explained why the woman never came home for own mother's funeral.Despite hearing from an elderly man, whose friend died while he was a patient of Dr. Lucas, our heroine doesn't believe this.In the case of stories dealing with serial killings, the bodies begin to pile up and you don't need to have a Ph.D to figure out what is going on.Our doctor, who uses poisonous snake venom to kill his patients, blurts out in the end that life is an incurable disease. You wonder what this nut job is talking about.I wonder what this doctor thought about Medicare.
Terryfan
Fatal Trust shows how well a story can change without notice and never take your eye away from the screen.When Kate (Amy Jo Johnson)comes with her son to start a new for her family when her husband was killed. With the help of her half sister they begin to rebuild their lives and get to be a family again.When Kate takes a job with Dr.Mark Lucas (David Jones) the loyal Dr she seems to enjoy the job.However she will discover that Dr.Lucas is not that he seems to be.This movie story is a strong one that is not found in many movies anymore, it was well thought out and well build together for a movie made for TV.The Characters were very clever and well put and they were played by great actors.The Music really plays well and each scene has a score that tells a story with that scene.You really need to get this movie a try and it does keep you guessing.Overall Fatal Trust has a strong story with very good cast and really enjoyable that should be worth watching.I give Fatal Trust a 8 out of 10
MariMcCabe
I caught and taped this telemovie on Lifetime, watched it twice. The second time I understood the plot a lot better. I think the pace of the movie is very fast, so if you're not paying attention to any given scene you will be totally lost.I thought all the actors we're exceptional. The antagonist is quite interesting and well portrayed, Amy Jo Johnson shows some range as she plays Kate quite well. I'm still impressed by her ability to still play teenagers (flashback sequence). She is so very very beautiful in this movie, maybe even more beautiful than 10 years ago! Due to her youthful appearances, its sometimes hard to remember that she is an adult; the film gives us no idea on how old she was supposed to be. Judging by her son who looks about 10, I would presume that she was supposed to be in her late 20s?My one complaint would be for the flashbacks to have been more clear; especially the ones with Kate's former husband, who looks just like her soon to be new boyfriend. It really confused me the first time I watched.Despite a few flaws here and there, highly recommended movie.
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