At first glance, CRY WOLF appears to be a slasher flick as a helpless female is hunted down by a masked killer in some deep dark woods. But in reality it is a straightforward murder mystery involving a bunch of prep school students who decide to play a deadly game of who's-the-killer after a local girl is found shot to death in the woods near their school. You may think you are watching a killer-on-the-prowl scenario, and in a way you would be right. But wait until the end. Nothing is as it seems. Absolutely nothing. The resolution is likely to leave you breathless. The director worked with what appears to be a very small budget and a mostly unknown cast, and does right by a script that at times reminded me of SCREAM or THE FACULTY or THE SKULLS. It even reminded me vaguely of TEN LITTLE INDIANS/AND THEN THERE WERE NONE, which tells you something about my age. The female lead, a manipulative redhead played expertly by Linday Booth, is very much in the Rachel McAdams mold and I expect to see more out of her. An almost unrecognizable Jon Bon Jovi plays her teacher/lover!
Review of Cry Wolf
