Vehicle for Revenge (2016 TV Movie) User Reviews

Almost good.. but here 14 reasons its not.

[cileymyruscom · 5/10 · 26 January 2016]

My first time I write a review  The movie in itself is 3/5. Actors and Photography is more like 4/5 and script/production 2/5.

For a movie that is about rape and revenge, it doesn't seem it gives enough respect to the reality of the issue, and I'm not talking about that it has to be 100% accurate, but when there are obvious plots and very unrealistic scenes, it ruins the entire buildup of hope and excitement you get when you want the lead actor to get her revenge and succeed at it.

At the end of the movie you will get the feeling everything is rushed and they ran out of ideas on how to end it, so without spoiling it, I will just say that the whole buildup just to get to a dumb unrealistic ending, is very frustrating. Being that the movie is only about one and a half hour long, it does suggest they either ran out of budget or ideas or had to end it quickly. I wouldn't recommend watching this movie for entertainment purposes, but it's worth a watch.. if you have the time and don't mind a few unrealistic slip ups  *WARNING SPOLERS AHEAD* 1. This first point, might be excused to her being drugged, but still I find it weird that the first thing she does when she realizes she's been raped and she's at an unknown place, is to want to take a shower. Wouldn't getting out of there be number one? Or calling the cops or hospital? You're definitively not thinking of showering in that same place where everything happened, even though I understand the urge to clean yourself from what happened... but still 2. When she's being asked questions by the black lady/cop about who had access to her drinks and so forth, her roommate shows up and the lady cop says it's OK she should go home, they can have the Q&A later.. (when her memory isn't that fresh anymore ) 3. NOBODY, literally NOBODY is checking out the NetCar driver who took her request and said that she never showed up.. even though it is very unlikely that a legitimate NetCar driver would rape his own clients, IT HAS TO BE REVIEWED.. just normal protocol! 4. The next day her best friend is like 'you not going to school today?' Seriously? Just got raped! And then asks.. 'want me to stay here with you?' wow.. what a friend! 5. The picture that was drawn from the memory of the Hotel Manager/Dude, is never compared to the original NetCar's driver that took her request, but this just goes back to point 3, I guess it's a non-issue, but still 6. So after being raped and trying out the new net car job you pick up two thugs that you were about to throw out of your car because they were calling you babe /etc and then you're surprised that they put a gun to your head and make you drive their shot friend around? 7. Another unrealistic scene: the cops show up to the hotel rooms door where they followed the rapist with his new victim and are being told there is nobody else in the room so they leave! Why go there in the first place? 8. Black lady cop meets with the girls afterward.. and keeps saying that the drawing of the rapist provided by the Hotel Manager is nothing like the guy they are accusing.. BUT it's irrelevant if they're seeing that it's the same guy going to the same hotel room doing the same scheme it's VERY obvious that they must know each other so it doesn't matter what the picture looks like.

9. Then later on... how is it possible that her friend sitting with her in the car after witnessing what this guy just did (notice: the guy who's driving a car like the NetCar is not on the GPS so it's not legitimate and he drove his victim to the same hotel where the other guy raped your best friend) how does she dare to say "this is not our guy" this is the most biggest illogical part of the entire movie 10. Another huge illogical step in this whole movie is when they followed the rapist and they are witnessing when he's getting the drugged victim into the hotel room and out of the hotel room.. nobody's filming anything! So they can't use the cameras on their phones to film this guy doing the crime? 11. So the rapist shows up on her doorstep, she doesn't use the pepper spray she doesn't take out her phone and films and doesn't call the cops.. NOTHING Wow! 12. When you think the dumbest parts of the movie have already happened then THIS happens! You see, their 'big plan' is to go back to the same nightclub and 'catch the rapist in the act' after this guy has already been called in for questioning by police, he KNOWS they are investigating him..

13. She pepper-sprays the guy when he's holding a gun!!!! And he doesn't shoot.

14. Now that the movie has ended, how will it continue? It doesn't make any sense what are they going to charge the two guys with being two guys in a hotel room with a big baby head mask.. wow.. just wow! Last thoughts This movie could have been a really good movie. It could have been inspirational. Imagine all those unrealistic scenes were just cut out or corrected and that the end had actually something to do WITH THE BROKEN CONDOM and that the DNA sample found, matched the rapists DNA! Or even better.. have the two thugs beat the crap out of these guys maybe even cut off their jingle bells.. I don't know.. so many ways of ending this movie in a better way.

I hope my first review was helpful, please criticize, constructively though ;)

The Wrong Car: Lifetimes best movie?

[Platypuschow · 7/10 · 13 March 2018]

I'm not the demographic for Lifetime original movies, primarily because I'm male and you know how Lifetime movies play out.

To quote Family guy

Announcer: This Tuesday on Lifetime: Valerie Bertinelli stars in a Lifetime Original Movie. Valerie: Y'know, Doctor, you said you were going to cure my cancer, but all you did was rape me! I'm starting to think I don't have cancer at all. Doctor: Well, you're right. About the rape part. But I'm sorry, you still do have cancer. Valerie: *bursts into tears* Announcer: Valerie Bertinelli in: Men Are Terrible And Will Hurt You Because This Is Lifetime.

Every Lifetime movie is pretty damn misandric. Within moments of the movie starting and with no clues as to what the plot was I assumed rape and that is exactly what the film revolves around.

However despite all this The Wrong Car is a remarkably well made little film which though fairly predictable actually manages to entertain and build to a really quite good finale.

If you don't like Lifetime originals this is still probably not for you and as man it's very easy to be quite offended by these films but for what it is this is fairly good.

The Good:

Oddly good around round

Great finale

The Bad:

Misandric

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

One day a Lifetime movie will surprise me and it won't be about rape or an abusive partner and every guy in the movie won't be a bad guy. Alas that day is not today

Watchable but silly plot

[nicholls_les · 5/10 · 3 January 2019]

OK this is just a movie so I don't expect too much realism, but although the basic story line was a good one, the way the main characters acted was just silly. I know others have mentioned some of these but: 1. After being drugged and raped, she gets a job driving alone at night? 2. Being abducted by Latino gang members, she doesn't drive off when they leave her alone to fetch their friend who was shot and she even becomes their friend who then help her later to catch the rapist. 3. While following the guy who picks up another victim and takes her to teh same motel she was raped in, neither she or her friend take pictures of film on their phones. When the Police arrive and find no girl in the room, they give up and leave even though there is an a-joining room. 4. Her friend agrees to be bait and taken to the motel, it then takes a long time to execute the plan to rescue her, during which time she could have been raped or at least molested. 5. After the Latinos catch the rapists they tie them up and call the Police come, but what evidence do they have? The capture would surely be illegal and any evidence collected inadmissible? There are other plot holes yet even with all of these this was still watchable and well acted despite the script.

I Got The Wrong Room Man!!!

[wandernn1-81-683274 · 3/10 · 13 February 2022]

Another TV movie whose title has been changed to the Wrong Car. I guess Originally the movie was called Vehicle For Revenge. Anyways it's about a woman who gets in a car she thinks is some Ride Co. To take her home and gets rufied and ends up sexually assaulted. The movie is subpar at best, but it really takes a turn to the stupid once the suspect in the case goes back and picks up women at the same spot, in the same car, and takes them to the same hotel, after already knowing he is a suspect and the police could be watching him. Really really dumb. 3/10.

A very timely subject for a movie!

[BTrax · 7/10 · 24 February 2016]

With Uber and Lyft in the news all the time lately, I think the subject might be of interest to a lot of viewers. The plot is very plausible, people are finding that out, with all the incidents that have already happened. Way too much trust out there. Of course criminals are using technology now, apps, new kinds of vulnerability. As for the film I thought the casting was good. There might be some plot flaws, but remember she is driven by anger, and might be a bit reckless and not thinking straight. That said, it all works out. But yes there could have been more depth. A little freaky at the end, should make a lot of women more careful.

watchable but boring

[islam-17627 · 3/10 · 22 January 2016]

not complicated, expected turn of events, expected the suspects from the very beginning even before the incident happen because there is no room for other suspects actually. Some events are not logical at all. most of the school scenes were unnecessary because they start with an idea they but the scenario writer decided not to go on with any side arguments and to focus on the main story, that's why they were unnecessary . its watchable. but I really hated the guts of the main actress playing the "rebellion vigilante" I would advise that you make this your last option to watch

that's all!!

The Wrong Car: Very likely the best Lifetime movie going

[Platypuschow · 7/10 · 12 March 2018]

I'm not the demographic for Lifetime original movies, primarily because I'm male and you know how Lifetime movies play out.

To quote Family guy

Announcer: This Tuesday on Lifetime: Valerie Bertinelli stars in a Lifetime Original Movie. Valerie: Y'know, Doctor, you said you were going to cure my cancer, but all you did was rape me! I'm starting to think I don't have cancer at all. Doctor: Well, you're right. About the rape part. But I'm sorry, you still do have cancer. Valerie: *bursts into tears* Announcer: Valerie Bertinelli in: Men Are Terrible And Will Hurt You Because This Is Lifetime.

Every Lifetime movie is pretty damn misandric. Within moments of the movie starting and with no clues as to what the plot was I assumed rape and that is exactly what the film revolves around.

However despite all this The Wrong Car is a remarkably well made little film which though fairly predictable actually manages to entertain and build to a really quite good finale.

If you don't like Lifetime originals this is still probably not for you and as man it's very easy to be quite offended by these films but for what it is this is fairly good.

The Good:

Oddly good around round

Great finale

The Bad:

Misandric

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

One day a Lifetime movie will surprise me and it won't be about rape or an abusive partner and every guy in the movie won't be a bad guy. Alas that day is not today

So Many Problems

[Marc_Action · 4/10 · 21 June 2021]

The movie was OK but there were just too many plot holes that made the movie very very frustrating.

1. So, even if you had a few drinks, no way you're jumping into any ol' car if you're a female taking ride share (NETCAR) home from a nightclub alone at night. You most certainly will check to make sure the car and face match before jumping in.

2. How did Trudy's college classmate and NETCAR driver, Charles, even know she was going to be at the club that night to set her up to be raped in the first place? Even if he somehow knew her and her roommate were headed to the club, he had no way of knowing she would leave alone ahead of her roommate.

3. Why would you pick the same club to keep going back to to commit these abduction and rape crimes? You keep picking the same club, the cops will eventually do a sting operation and put in a decoy victim for you to pick up, you know, like what Trudy and her roommate ended up doing? And why would you leave the aforementioned victim in the hotel after the rape/abduction. Better to drop her off on a park bench across town from the hotel instead of making it easier for the cops by leaving her at the crime scene? She would not have remembered being at a hotel, much less, which one.

4. Please explain to me again the logic of Trudy taking a job as a NETCAR driver. She wanted to think like him and/or get into his head? Well, let's see. We already established that the perp who raped her was NOT a NETCAR driver, so the logic of taking a NETCAR job makes no sense if that was her goal.

5. So Trudy's grand plan was to go stakeout the club and wait for the perp to show up again and do the same thing to another woman? Yet when he does, Trudy and her roommate follow him back to the hotel and see him dragging a drugged female rider out the back of the car. You go through all that trouble and then don't record the guy committing the crime?

6. Why on Earth would you befriend a rider who pulled a gun out on you and made you pick up his drug dealer friend who got shot and got blood all over your backseat? Yeah, no! You call the police on him instead. Really that whole entire scene and the two

Yeah, so Trudy is the dumbest law student I ever seen and her lack of common sense kills the whole movie.

Could've been a winner...

[brendatajik-880-480678 · 7/10 · 22 February 2022]

...but the writers left out the good parts!

I loved the little gang of bangers. They were pretty convincing as not so bad guys. The real bad guys very slimy enough to give themselves away. The baby? I don't understand his role here but, whatever.

This movie had so much going for it and just as it got good......yeah, that's how I felt.

Good direction but ridiculous script

[mgconlan-1 · 4/10 · 21 February 2016]

"The Wrong Car" is an item in Lifetime's latest cycle — "The Wrong _____," as opposed to "The Perfect _____," "The _____ S/he Met Online," or "_____ at 17." It was shot under the working title "Black Car" — a cleverer name because it was a pun on both the literal and colloquial meanings of the word "black" — but someone either at the production companies, Moody Independent and Marvista Entertainment, or at Lifetime itself wanted the phrase "The Wrong … " to be in the title to key it in with others in the cycle. "The Wrong Car" was an auteur work given that it was written, directed and edited by the same person, John Stimpson, and for its first third it's actually a quite good suspense thriller revolving (almost inevitably) around the Uber ride-sharing service — or "NetCar," as Stimpson calls it. The central character is Trudy O'Donnell (Danielle Savre), a law student who had a bad breakup with a boyfriend two years earlier but only briefly mentions it, nor do we see him. In the opening scene she gets a ride home from a NetCar being driven by Charles (Kevin G. Cox), an O.K.-looking but rather nerdish guy who wants to date her, but she's not interested in him that way and politely turns him down. On a later evening she lets her roommate Gretchen Healey (Francia Raisa) talk her into going to a club; Gretchen drove her there but Trudy decides to bail in mid-evening and hails a NetCar … only this NetCar driver turns out to be a phony: he's a serial rapist who poses as a NetCar driver, picks up hot-looking women outside clubs, gives them water from a bottle he's injected with the "date-rape drug" Rohypnol, then takes them to a motel whose desk clerk, Roger (Rhet Kidd), is in on the plot, and rapes them while they're too stoned to resist. This happens to Trudy, who wakes up in the motel with only the dimmest notion of how she got there, and her memories of the evening, such as they are, are fragmentary and feature an apparent hallucination involving a guy looking like Chucky hovering over the proceedings.

She goes through a humiliating five-hour rape exam at the hands of the police, who confirm that she was drugged but are unable to match the DNA of the semen inside her to anything in a law-enforcement database (they find bits of latex, indicating that the rapist wore a condom but it broke), and they give her a supply of the morning-after pill and a referral to an HIV testing service. Trudy's case is assigned to a young African-American detective named Jackson (Christina Elmore) — we're not told her first name — but Trudy gets frustrated at the slow pace of Jackson's investigation and decides to take matters into her own hands. She asks her classroom friend Charles for information on NetCar and uses it to sign on as a driver herself in hopes of tracing and catching her rapist. Among her first NetCar clients is an investment broker named Donovan (Jackson Davis), whom we're immediately suspicious of because he's nice-looking and in Lifetime's iconography nice-looking men are almost always villains. About one-third of the way through the movie Trudy picks up as NetCar fares Carlos (Walley Walkker) and Juan (Jesse Gabbard), two Latino gangbangers who put their guns in Trudy's face and demand first that she give them a five-star customer rating, then pick up a wounded comrade at the other end of town and take him to a secret doctor who will patch him up and extract the bullet without reporting it to the police. It's at this point that "The Wrong Car" changes from a pretty good suspense tale to a particularly rancid piece of Lifetime cheese, as virtually nothing in the rest of Stimpson's script makes a lick of sense. It's just one weird plot twist after another. Stimpson has real flair as a director, both in creating atmosphere and getting good performances out of his leads (Danielle Sayre is utterly convincing as the avenging angel out not only to catch her own rapist but get the guy off the street before he victimizes anyone else, and I also quite liked Rhet Kidd as the sleazy desk clerk), but maybe he'll be better off if he sticks to directing movies based on scripts he hasn't written!

Watchable and interesting

[vankedi68-933-106411 · 8/10 · 22 January 2016]

Classed as a drama/thriller but plays more as a thriller. Very watchable even though it can be slow at times.The film could be predictable but is still surprising. Highlights several interesting points about crime,opportunity and their consequences. Good acting by Danielle Savre and believable story. There are some underlying warnings and good advice in the film without it been preaching.After watching the film I was not left wondering what would happen next as all ends were tied up. Good scenes and filmography.An enjoyable film for a good night viewing.

I would recommend watching this thriller.

Very Entertaining

[phatandys · 7/10 · 16 January 2016]

Quality movie from very good producers. Casting was great as all the actors were believable from the lead, Danielle Savre was really good as well as the co-leads and down to the streets toughs and the evil perpetrators. I must applaud the writers for writing an intelligent police detective instead of the usual trope of an inept Barney Fife character. The writing was sharp and edgy and never relented on pace and development. The director and crew gave this movie a very professional feel. I really don't have any gripes with this movie and look forward to more entertainment from it's producers. Lifetime should only be as happy as I am with the time I invested enjoying this movie.

Its OK

[jackhuntermtl · 3/10 · 21 January 2016]

If it was less filled with feminist nonsense I'd give it a 5/10. So if that aspect does not bother you, then you can consider it average, forgettable, but not really bad movie.

OK, now bit of spoilers.

When main girl is supposedly raped, too little is shown. Its just a fade from her in a car, to her waking up in a hotel room. Information given on medication found in her system is also misleading. She would have remembered face from before drug effect took hold as it only affect very short term memory. Red herrings are also very badly placed as, again, she would know if it was someone she recognized. Combined that makes film lot less fun, for me, as it cheapens entire experience.

This film could have been so much better with just few minor changes. Acting was excellent, shots were perfectly filmed, but weaknesses in screenplay ruined its potential. It was worth seeing anyway.

Driving Miss Trudy

[wes-connors · 4/10 · 27 January 2016]

Beautiful blonde criminal justice student Danielle Savre (as Trudy O'Donnell) thinks she's getting into a legitimate "NetCar" (as "Uber") after partying at a nightclub. As it turns out, the driver is a fake. He drugs and rapes his victims, after arriving in a black sedan that looks like a legitimate car. Most people just hop in the vehicle and give their address. Understandably traumatized, Ms. Savre has trouble warming up to attractively muscular Jackson Davis (as Donovan), who seems like an ideal catch. She's not interested in slightly chubby Kevin Cox (as Charles), a "NetCar" driver and fellow student. After learning how long it takes to investigate rape cases, Savre decides to take matters into her own hands. She gets a job as a driver for the same company, hoping to stalk, identify and nip the rapist...

Writer-director John Stimpson's "The Wrong Car" contains a valuable lesson: make sure you know your driver is authentic...

It's also an engaging and nicely produced story. Casting is perfect, right down to sleazy motel clerk Rhet Kidd (as Roger) and concerned detective Christina Elmore (as Jackson). There are some problems accepting various plot developments, however. While strained, we're going pardon Savre for putting roommate Francia Raisa (as Gretchen) in deadly danger. It's stupid, but we all do stupid things. The last shot (of alcohol) at the nightclub, before the endeavor, is dumb multiplied. But, the characters leaving the scene of a possible rape to go have coffee - and with a police investigator, no less - is the real deal breaker. No good "Lifetime TV Movie" cop or heroine would do such a thing. If the pretty blonde heroine can skip showering for three days, she can wait a few hours to help a drugged rape victim.

**** The Wrong Car (2016//01/16) John Stimpson ~ Danielle Savre, Jackson Davis, Kevin Cox, Francia Raisa

Quite involving but ...

[phd_travel · 7/10 · 25 June 2018]

The risk that Uber passengers take is creatively made into a thriller that is quite informative. The cast is watchable and convincing including Francia Raisa and Danielle Savre. After being drugged and raped by a driver the victim goes on to a vigilante crime solving quest. Things start to get a bit fantastic but it's involving.

Unfortunately ending fails to convince but it's mostly okay.

I miss 2 hours ago when I didn't see this

[amymosko · 1/10 · 6 November 2019]

THIS GIRL REALLY DIDNT RECORD ANY OF WHAT WAS GOING ON OR GET OUT OF THE CAR AND HELP THE GIRL WHILE HE WAS PAYING? THEN WHEN THE POLICE DONT FIND ANYTHING SHE LEAVES AND GOES TO A FRICKEN DINER? SHE HAD PEPPER SPRAY! I am so stressed out rn. I really spent 2 hours screaming at my tv at this girl who can't even hear me.

A cautionary tale with a side of poetic justice

[OneAnjel · 6/10 · 13 February 2022]

This film has a straight story line and pursues it quickly to a neatly tied ending. It seems to have 2 agendas: To point out the lack of safety surrounding the Uber fad for both passengers & drivers; and to serve as a poetic justice platform surrounding the vulnerability of the female population. Trudi is the strong, determined victim, and if the film decides to change its name for a 3rd time, may I recommend "Wrong Chick".

I found it entertaining and provocative and the acting was actually not bad. My biggest concern are those who think this film's only purpose (or LifeTime's) it to make men look bad. If you feel like this film is pointing a finger at you, you might need to do some soul searching.

For me, the ending was a bit rushed and let a lot for the viewer to reach conclusions about. I don't like when a film does a lot of hand-holding, but I do like a bit more clarity. As someone in the legal field, I know they'll need to have the Detective's confidence to push this through court with that narrative. But that, too, would be poetic justice.

I don't think everyone will appreciate this film the way someone who's actually been in similar situations might. It's definitely not a date film.

This movie will stress you out

[amymosko · 1/10 · 6 November 2019]

The characters in this movie are the STUPIDEST PEOPLE I HAVE EVER SEEN, and that's me being nice. You will scream at your tv for the WHOLE movie because their actions are SO STUPID. "RECORD DUMBA**" "PEPPER SPRAY PEPPER SPRAY" "GET OUT OF THE CAR" "YOU REALLY WENT TO THE DINER WHILE YOU KNEW THIS WAS HAPPENING?" Some examples

Too unbelievable

[linesjeffrey · 2/10 · 18 February 2022]

The movie has a great plot and for a while the story line is engaging however the ending ruined the credibility of this film and I was left thinking this should have been so much better.

I can't imagine anyone would put a friend in this situation or any good friend would take such a risk. Ultimately the police would have a nightmare trying to untangle the mess our two heroins created. While you wish justice were so simple chances are this movie just proved why it is so hard to get convictions for real criminals.

If you want to kill a little time and buy into in vigilante justice then enjoy, this may be a good film for you. Personally however, I wish I would have passed on this one.

Grim Story, Very Well Told

[lavatch · 8/10 · 25 March 2020]

"The Wrong Car" (a.k.a., "Black Car") is an intense drama about Trudi, a brilliant young law student. As the victim of a maniacally planned scheme to drug and rape women, Trudi confronts the limitations of the law to take matters into her own hands to locate the perpetrator.

This is not a straightforward vigilante film. Rather, it uses the classroom experiences of Trudi as a reference point for demonstrating that the letter of the law does not always conform to the realities felt by the victims of crime. The strong message conveyed by the film occurs as much in the classroom scenes as the action on the streets.

The actress playing Trudi was terrific, and the cast as a whole was excellent in creating a wide range of characters. Trudi's faithful roommate Gretchen stands by her unconditionally in the pursuit of the truth. The classroom professor was completely credible in his lectures on the law. Detective Jackson was a competent and caring member of the police force. Charlie was fellow student who always seemed to be hovering around Trudi and pestering her. And Donovan was devious and scary as the apparent mastermind and tormentor.

Donovan spoke one of the most chilling line of the film when he tells Trudi, "we're all damaged souls." The is the man who deftly made use of rohypnol in order for Trudi to pass out and not recall the horrific act he perpetrated. One of the most stunning revelations of the film was that Donovan had two accomplices working with him. But he didn't count on the strength of two courageous women who would out him and ensure the 98% percent total of rapists who walk free will be lowered after they are finished with him and his cohorts.

Stupid story where someones puts a girl in danger just to solve a crime.

[carloscompleto · 3/10 · 19 June 2018]

Stupid story where someones puts a girl in danger just to solve a crime.

Decent for Lifetime

[tlharrison-59546 · 5/10 · 29 July 2022]

Probably a four star movie, but I gave it five because it exceeds the expectations I would have for a Lifetime movie.

The acting was decent all around. No Oscar performances but better quality than most other made-for-tv movies.

The general premise isn't so bad, especially considering it came out in 2016. Unfortunately the movie makes up a lot of nonsense, such as Net Drivers not being informed of a customer's destination until they are in the car (the movie pretty much falls apart if this nonsense didn't exist).

More nonsense involves the ridiculous rules regarding warrants that this movie made up.

I do give this movie credit for it's ending.

I wish the baby mask had been explained.

Typical girl power

[polarbear-28839 · 2/10 · 3 February 2022]

Yes the world revolves around you miss odonell. Really far fetched and predictable. A lifetime movie on Prime. Prime is really collapsing. Tubitv is better at this point.

REALITY

[valica-33849 · 4/10 · 28 July 2022]

They follow the guy from club but don't take pictures if going in hotel or when bring female out.

What kind of rideshare is this that you give address after getting in & don't know who driver is?

Same car, same club, same hotel, how STUPID can he be? Movie also made cops look real STUPID.

I knew was him.

The wrong car

[angel_mckeon · 10/10 · 25 September 2020]

I happened to like the movie it was filmed in my state and hometown however some sources say it's based off a true story now if so and they caught the brothers at the end what happened next because it tech ended with the police going to the motel and Trudy driving away so she wouldn't be caught there did they go to trial and get put away