Fallen Angels Murder Club: Friends to Die For

I don't know why I watch these types of films. I keep telling myself I'll stop, and then the premise will sound so good, so I'll watch it and then be deeply disappointed I wasted my time. This film is no exception. Awful script mixed with some awful acting made me switch off before the film was even finished. Not even worth watching just to stare at Eddie Cibrian.

Do yourself a favor....don't watch this. It's insipid. The plot is transparent to the point of absurdity. The acting is amateurish and the ending was quite predictable because there was no foreshadowing at all. It's supposed to be a mystery. The only mystery is how this made by Lifetime.

Kudos to Lifetime for this great new ensemble mystery series. I hope there will be more movies to come for this series. I will definitely continue watching Fallen Angels series-loved it!

There really isn't any suspense and the villain's confession and monologue was pretty comical. Not sure if this is supposed to be Lifetime's answer to Aurora Teagarden (head of a book club that's interested in murders turned sleuth), but it's not quite there quality-wise. I love all the mystery series on Hallmark, so if Lifetime can get a good one as well, and give us a break from the psycho of the week, that would be welcomed. I read this was based on a book, so I'll try to read that to see how close it was. The movie seemed pretty light on the details of the case and aside from being their friend, it didn't give us a ton of reasons to care about the initial victim. I guess that's reason enough, but this person was still involved in things they probably should not have been.

I may have to watch again, but I don't remember seeing/hearing what crime each club member committed? I would think that would be important to help establish their personalities (sort of like Leverage) since there were so many of them. I feel like so far only Toni and the character played by Rainbow Sun seem as if they are the members of the club that are needed for the story. Also, while watching the villain's confession, there were a lot of cliches in the speech as well as a lot of vagueness as to the why. No spoilers, but I don't think ************ is a good actor/actress so watching them as a villain didn't do it for me.

I saw a reviewer elsewhere say this one felt like a pilot and I have to agree. So maybe the second one will be better with the story and characters more fleshed out. I saw the cast list for the second one and it seems like most if not all will be back. The cast has decent enough chemistry and I think it's obvious who they will pair Hollis (Toni) with if this gets more movies. I did kind of expect this to be a Leverage-inspired murder mystery with all of the ex-cons bringing some "skill" to the table. I also expected a "And then there were none" kind of vibe, but that wasn't present either.

Speaking of Hallmark, it was nice to see Keith Robinson although it's funny bc he's the male lead in a new mystery series over there. Some of the other familiar faces are Lifetime and tv movie staples, so if nothing else, you'll recognize just about everyone from something else.

Worth one watch because it's not a psycho of the week.

So far I have only watched one of these 2 movies and I can honestly say this was really bad.

2 stars for a barely entertaining mystery with no stars for the acting. I will try to watch the 2nd one but if it is like this one I am out.

The acting was like no one wanted to be there and frankly I don't blame them my wife kept saying is it over yet and was not even paying attention. I hate to leave a movie without seeing the end especially a mystery so endured to the end.

I am only going to start the 2nd movie as there was kind of a cliff hanger there and I am hoping they can do better with this one.