Runtime:
90 minutes
Directed
by: Leon Ichaso
Starring:
Rachael Leigh Cook, Barbara Hershey, Nicholas Gonzalez, Emily Foxler
From:
Sony Pictures Television
Yep,
another Rachael film. This time, it is one that just made its debut
last night... on Lifetime. Yes, I watched something on that network.
I was not expecting this film to already have aired, as I know this
was filmed just a few months ago in August, mainly in Colombia of all
places. As it's Lifetime it's about a woman in peril, there's
romance, and it was based on a true story. I think that at least one
of those qualities can be seen in all the programming seen on that
channel!
Unfortunately,
this is based on a true story as it involves an older lady (Hershey)
vacationing in Ecuador and she gets set up in a drug bust and gets
jailed and her daughter Tammi (Cook) has to try and get her out of
there. It took 22 months (!) and many false starts but it finally
happened.
Overall,
it's a standard cable TV movie. I don't mean that as an insult. I am
just stating fact. It's a fine way to spend a few hours and it's also
educational... it doesn't really make you want to visit the lovely
country of Ecuador, though! Sure, I understand the laws there have
changed which makes it harder for the sad case of Sandra Chase to
take place, but it still makes you want to visit another country in
South America instead... maybe even Colombia. Don't ask why I know
all this knowledge of the film, I just do.
Besides
the deal of someone being jailed, she is also ill, Tammi's sibling
less than reliable, the prison is a craphole (it's open-air but it
still isn't a place for an American lady to be), Tammi has a romance
along the way... so no wonder it was made for this channel. The
performances are all fine and the reason why I checked this out...
she looked pretty hot and she should wear white pants more often!
That is a nice look for her. Her dressing up like a nun in order to
secretly visit her mom in jail was a rather interesting look.
I
tell you, this movie has to be better than the one I saw
advertisement for on that channel; it'll debut soon and it is The
Christmas Consultant and stars both Caroline Rhea and... David
Hasselhoff! He gets shoved into a Christmas tree and both tumble
over; for some reason, I unfortunately think that he's drunkenly
fallen into a Christmas tree before...
I'll
be back tomorrow night.
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