The real mystery is how Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum‘s Careful What You Wish For got itself a theatrical release in the first place — no matter how limited. I’m not surprised Starz Digital is handling distribution, though, since it feels exactly like a late night pay cable ticket sanitized to an R-rating for lustful eroticism rather than actual chemistry, nudity, or plausibility. Sometimes thrillers of the “youthful stalker hits the sexual jackpot” variety can at least be entertaining in an ironic way, but that’s unfortunately not the case here. In fact, Chris Frisina‘s script is smart enough with its inevitable murder and ensuing insurance case to make us believe the film was produced with dramatic eyes and artistic hope. Alas, it ultimately falls short.
All the earmarks for this subgenre of trashy romance are present from the get-go. First you have the star: a Columbia-bound, engineering savant named...
All the earmarks for this subgenre of trashy romance are present from the get-go. First you have the star: a Columbia-bound, engineering savant named...
- 6/8/2016
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Michael’s brother Nate, relocated to Miami with his wife and son, asks Michael to help Jessica (Kiki Harris), a young widow whose gambling addict husband left her mired in debt. Fast-rising loan shark Carter (Wade Williams) was harrassing Jessica into signing over her father’s fishing boat, the family’s last source of income.
Posing as a fellow creditor, Michael planned to make Carter look like an undercover cop in front of his boss, Wallace. Michael forged a contract, making the fishing boat look as if it belonged the Miami Pd. Meanwhile, Fiona and Sam planted several police-issue items in the floorboards of Carter’s apartment.
Insinuating himself into Wallace’s organization, Michael accused Carter of being a cop. Wallace’s men searched Carter’s apartment and found not the floor stash, but FBI credentials sealed into a wall. Michael had to scramble from there to save Carter and...
Posing as a fellow creditor, Michael planned to make Carter look like an undercover cop in front of his boss, Wallace. Michael forged a contract, making the fishing boat look as if it belonged the Miami Pd. Meanwhile, Fiona and Sam planted several police-issue items in the floorboards of Carter’s apartment.
Insinuating himself into Wallace’s organization, Michael accused Carter of being a cop. Wallace’s men searched Carter’s apartment and found not the floor stash, but FBI credentials sealed into a wall. Michael had to scramble from there to save Carter and...
- 7/8/2011
- by Gerald So
- Boomtron
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