Therapist Alison Whitford (Erin Karpluk) is heart-broken when her husband gets killed in a hit-and-run. Police Det. Gabriel Strickland believes it to be murder. She is confronted by Marla Mitchell (Kate Corbett) who turns out to be his other wife. They find that he was first married to Cheryl Volberg (Kelly Rutherford) and has no legitimate source of income.
I'm going with this movie until Alison fails to foresee Cheryl's refusal. Everybody seems to be smart at the beginning. Everybody needs to be smart in order for this to be a good thriller. That's the secret to making this movie work. The writing has to be smart. Getting the wives to agree on the money does not make it any more legal. Alison really only has two options. She can go to the cops or she can go take the money herself. At the very least, she should have held onto the passcode as leverage. I would have liked to see her go to the dark side and have her world descend into corruption. That's the better movie.
I'm going with this movie until Alison fails to foresee Cheryl's refusal. Everybody seems to be smart at the beginning. Everybody needs to be smart in order for this to be a good thriller. That's the secret to making this movie work. The writing has to be smart. Getting the wives to agree on the money does not make it any more legal. Alison really only has two options. She can go to the cops or she can go take the money herself. At the very least, she should have held onto the passcode as leverage. I would have liked to see her go to the dark side and have her world descend into corruption. That's the better movie.