What an intense thrill ride that totally keeps you guessing until the end! Larissa Dias stars as Casey Marsh and Erin Karpluk as Lena Winters in this powerful psychological thriller, an edge of your seat suspense. This movie has an element of fear that coats the movie and the director did a terrific job telling the story from the first 7 minutes that sticks with you giving you a feeling of fear like you were part of the plot. I thought the scenes had some dark elements to it and draws you in. I loved the acting of both characters as mother and daughter and the way they interacted. Actor Andrew Francis as Jacob, plays too much on the characters. There's some slow parts, but eventually you enjoy every minute. I didn't give this a high rating because it could've been better, but it's still good!
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Quite fast moving
phd_travel20 January 2020
This is quite and intense and fast moving Lifetime thriller. A woman and her child escape after years in captivity. They rebuild a new life and many years later a copy cat kidnaps mom again. It's up to the daughter and the cops to find her. Okay explanation.
not good enough
SnoopyStyle19 September 2020
Charlotte was born from Jane Marsh (Erin Karpluk) who was kidnapped and raped by disturbed woodsman Timothy Fast. After eight years in captivity, Lena escapes with six year old Charlotte and Timothy is sent to prison. They changed their names to Casey Winters and mother Lena. It's 20 years later and young women are being kidnapped in a similar fashion.
As those of the women-in-danger genre, this is par for the course. This is fine for the most part. I would have liked Casey to do this by herself. The investigators aren't that well developed. I get a sense that Nate Bishop and Landon Phillips are doing their own movie. Quite frankly, Nate is better doing this alone and there could be a misdirection with his character. The graffiti kid is extra stupid. The ending doesn't have enough tension. This is not good enough.
As those of the women-in-danger genre, this is par for the course. This is fine for the most part. I would have liked Casey to do this by herself. The investigators aren't that well developed. I get a sense that Nate Bishop and Landon Phillips are doing their own movie. Quite frankly, Nate is better doing this alone and there could be a misdirection with his character. The graffiti kid is extra stupid. The ending doesn't have enough tension. This is not good enough.
Does lifetime even try anymore?
cjandt9 September 2021
Like Father, Like Son
lavatch22 October 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Lena Winters and her 28-year-old daughter Casey suffered a traumatic ordeal when they were held captive for eight long years by Lena's deranged husband, Timothy Fast. They escaped his clutches and sent Timothy to prison. Now, twenty years later, a voice from the past returns in the form of Timothy's equally psychotic son Jacob, who is carrying out copycat murders drawn from the playbook of his sick father. Like father, like son!
When Lena is kidnapped by Jacob while about to give him a shave in her Diva styling salon, the feisty daughter Casey moves into action with a private eye named Nate Bishop, who has been fascinated by their case for years when they went by the named of Jane and Charlotte Marsh. Unfortunately for poor Casey, she is fated to come into contact with the two repellant creatures, her father Timothy and her stepbrother Jacob.
An improbable romance ensues between Casey and Nate, who proves to a clever investigator, but inept at getting the handcuffs on Jacob when he has the chance. It stretched credibility as well that Casey and Nate would be the only super sleuths tracking Jacob at a time when the police were trying to figure out who is the serial killer on the loose.
Despite the lapses in the screenplay, the film was crisply directed with good seasonal footage to convey the bleak, snowy landscape experienced by the mother-and-daughter team of "Winter Ladies." There was also gritty photography in the Black Rose Café, where everyone, including the serial killer, seems to hang out.
Born in captivity, Casey is really the central focus of the film. Her single-minded pursuit of her mother and her captor finally leads to a sense of closure. Casey now sets her sights on study abroad in Italy. Perhaps she can even persuade Nate to tag along, so that they both can finally relax under the Tuscan sun.
When Lena is kidnapped by Jacob while about to give him a shave in her Diva styling salon, the feisty daughter Casey moves into action with a private eye named Nate Bishop, who has been fascinated by their case for years when they went by the named of Jane and Charlotte Marsh. Unfortunately for poor Casey, she is fated to come into contact with the two repellant creatures, her father Timothy and her stepbrother Jacob.
An improbable romance ensues between Casey and Nate, who proves to a clever investigator, but inept at getting the handcuffs on Jacob when he has the chance. It stretched credibility as well that Casey and Nate would be the only super sleuths tracking Jacob at a time when the police were trying to figure out who is the serial killer on the loose.
Despite the lapses in the screenplay, the film was crisply directed with good seasonal footage to convey the bleak, snowy landscape experienced by the mother-and-daughter team of "Winter Ladies." There was also gritty photography in the Black Rose Café, where everyone, including the serial killer, seems to hang out.
Born in captivity, Casey is really the central focus of the film. Her single-minded pursuit of her mother and her captor finally leads to a sense of closure. Casey now sets her sights on study abroad in Italy. Perhaps she can even persuade Nate to tag along, so that they both can finally relax under the Tuscan sun.
Not the typical LMN movie - I'd watch it again.
mja5810 March 2021
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