How often do we see this story, this chain of events? A young, attractive actress attains a marketable level of success, usually as a teen. She does so in a fairly clean and wholesome series or film. Then that initial successful venture passes, she becomes "of age" and the industry convinces her to maintain - or expand - her degree of success, she needs to branch out. You know, take on more edgy, challenging roles, in order to shed that early, "good girl" image. Because otherwise she'll be left in the dustbin of former stars who are soon forgotten.
Translation:
Do nudity
Drop "f" bombs
Toss in the mandatory profaning of God's name
Check, check, and check.
And what's edgier than a young, rookie cop with possible psychotic tendencies? {Well, in the 2020's, probably a lot of things, but I digress}.
This film is what we get so much of today - mediocre scripts that are only passable because of the need for content, with so many cable channels and streaming services out there.
Alexis Bledel is a talented actress, but she's unlikely to ever be A-list. All the powers that be surely told her so after Gilmore Girls, so she's probably taken what roles she could get. Actresses who are *not* A-list are pressured to take these types of roles, and it seems to be a thrill ride for those pulling the strings to control these women's lives this way.
Get them naked before the camera {whether the audience gets to see it or not}, check the boxes, another one conformed, then toss them aside.
Alexis was 27 or 28 when this was filmed, and of course could pass for younger. Its hard to believe "Rory Gilmore" has just turned 43. Time marches on. This film, to me, was not a great career move for her. I hope she's doing well today.
As for the film itself, its not memorable in any way, and you'll likely wish you had the 95 or so minutes back to do something more worthwhile.
Alexis and the male lead did what they could with this. For the story, I'd give it a 4. For the unnecessary factors mentioned above that really do nothing for the film, it gets 1 star.
