Spring Break Nightmare

Aside from the typical schlock of LMN movies, it's easy to see that the actors look much older than the characters they portray. Nowhere was this more present than on "Spring Break Nightmare."

The actor who plays Nick - Kayla's boyfriend- looks old enough to be her father. And Kayla, Ally, and their friends look more like college seniors than high school seniors. And Michelle - Kristi Murdock - looks a little young to be Kayla's mom. (But I do enjoy LMN movies where Murdock is cast - whatever her role.)

Not a bad movie, but the misaligned ages of the cast make the storyline a little harder to believe.

For those not familiar with the term, in the United States, spring break covers March and April, usually for a couple of weeks.

This is a fairly mundane, run-of-the-mill, below average kidnap for ransom drama with a bit of betrayal of trust thrown in. To say we've seen it all before is a gross understatement. The kidnappers are inept, to put it mildly, and while trying to kidnap their target, one of them manages somehow to kill her friend. There is minimal police involvement, after all, wouldn't any kidnap victim want her mother to carry out the investigation instead?

The film is somewhat prolix too, most of the introduction could be omitted or edited down. Even the soundtrack can't save it.