Kevin-1305
This film is completely predictable without rendering any entertainment value whatsoever. Its simply terrible. It amazes me that work like this actually gets made; moreover, it has the guts to solicit money, as if making the film were equal, in some far away galaxy, to having suffered through watching it. The twists and turns travel deep into plot point after point until the mystery unravels itself into portraiture--nothing meaningful happens. What does occur are heavy-handed maneuvers in story conventions at the expense of the audience. Surely there is no conscious disdain for the viewer, but to scorn film goers through reckless naivety isn't just no matter how mot just the intentions might have been. Furthermore, it is hard to believe that any skill lies in either the craft to create story or to successfully, manipulate deceitfully. Neither are done subtly thus neither are received auspiciously. Hopefully the cast and crew were given the proper time to jump ship before this boat sank back into the mind from which it came. Perhaps Writer/Director Pollard should stick to voice-overs?
MagicStarfire
Five stars pretty much catches this one. I've seen worse, and I've definitely seen better.The film begins with what appears to be two stories - Melody Carpenter (Jennifer Westfeldt)is at a horse race in Louisville with her boyfriend, Sean Voight (Christian Kane) and his father, Brooks Voight(Stacy Keach),when Sean decides to make a very public marriage proposal to her, which is flashed up on some kind of scoreboard, and the TV cameras get pointed at them.To Sean's surprise, Melody says no. This is rather upsetting for her and so she goes running out of Churchill Downs and almost gets hit by a vehicle driven by David Dailey(Gil Bellows).David Dailey is a very popular radio show host on WHAS, and his wife, Susan is also well known.There's also a little sub story about a politician who was running for office until the rumor that he had child porn on his computer ruined him. This eventually ties in.David suddenly begins receiving mysterious envelopes. The first one he receives sends him to a hotel, where he expects to rendezvous with his wife, Susan.Susan is there alright, but not as he had expected. Susan, it turns out is involved with another woman, but lesbians viewing this film need not get their hopes up. It's clear this film was written by a man for men's entertainment, because what does Susan do but hang onto David and suggest in the future they make it a threesome. The fact Susan's lover is female, which raises the question of whether she's actually gay, never gets questioned or developed. Nor does Susan's lover have any objections to the threesome arrangement. No, it's saintly David (said sarcastically I assure you)that has doubts about doing this.Melody, meanwhile, is paranoid for no particular reason during a sales trip to Indianapolis.As it turns out someone is following her, as she discovers when she goes racing after a black car that she's noticed always being around.Melody and David apparently have no friends, and so although the two of them are complete strangers, they immediately contact each other when problems arise in their lives.
Derrick Grant
I don't know what the hell people are bitching about on this page. This was a great movie - it really does keep you on the edge of your seat - and has a great cast. It has a great twist at the end - and you really don't know "who-dun-it" till the very end - it was really enjoyable... and yes - i worked on this film - but i took 5 friends to see it who all agree with me. in summary...this film makes you question your relationships with others - you can't always trust everyone - and you certainly don't know everything about your friends. (in short - you'll leave questioning all relationships in your life) i think it was a great film - but you should see it for yourself.
Paul Holzer
Stu Pollard has really stepped his game up and is reallying growing as a director. He takes a lot more risks with his camera angles in this film than in his first film, and for his first shot at filming long race scene, he does a great job. The acting he's recruited for this film is really what allows him to pull off such a good film so early in his career. The acting makes the plot line believable and the suspense feel real. The only complaint on the movie may be that the ending leaves a little to be desired, but that's only because everything up to that point has been so believable and because thin character development due to the nature of suspense films makes almost any ending hard to believe. It had to end somehow, but for as entertaining as this film was, keeping the film going for another 10 minutes could have been fun.
AD
