His Double Life

Expecting a romantic evening with his wife, a driver picks up speed on the road home. Unfortunately, his breaks fail and the man presumably dies in a car accident. In the movies, this kind of brake failure usually means somebody tampered with the brakes. You would be wise to suspect that, in this instance. Five years later, dark-haired widow Emmanuelle Vaugier (as Linda) has married her late husband's business partner. Judging from their stunning Los Angeles-area estate, new husband Brian Krause (as Gregory "Greg" Davis) must be incredibly wealthy. Arriving home from Connecticut on a college break, dark-haired stepdaughter Cristine Prosperi (as Scarlett Thomas) resents her new daddy. It doesn't help that Mr. Krause positively oozes sleaze...

Early on, there is no concrete proof to confirm Ms. Prosperi's suspicions about Krause. Still, director Peter Sullivan and Krause sure make it seem like something creepy is afoot. The title "His Double Life" is another big hint...

Things take a turn for the worse when a character turns up dead in Griffith Park...

The best part of watching this TV movie involves Krause and Prosperi. They play their parts well. She takes too many dumb risks, but they are in the script. He is perfectly creepy. While star-billed, Ms. Vaugier is secondary and unconvincing; alas, there is very little she can do with her insubstantial and dimwitted character. Model-type ex-boyfriend Santiago Segura (as August Martin) assists Prosperi. Too bad we don't get to see his comic book store or hear any in depth discussions about Marvel's "Secret Wars" or DC's "New 52". He does get a hoodie scene, though. Nick Soole's music cues are excellent; at times, the music stands out as being too good for the production. Supposedly inspired by a true story, "His Double Life" ends with a laughable text piece.

***** His Double Life (6/5/2016) Peter Sullivan ~ Brian Krause, Cristine Prosperi, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Santiago Segura

Good for a zone out. Some plot holes but it's good enough for me. Leads are well acted. It's a bit propagandish but probably true. Enjoy!

This is a ridiculous predictable movie that prays on people's fears of "the other". In this case it's scary Russians who infiltrated our country. Unbelievably at the end there is a graphic Warning us all to be aware because he's our neighbor is our friends and our husbands. It is such drivel, FOXNews would be proud. warning us all to be aware because he's our neighbors our friends and our husbands. It is such drivel, FOXNews would be proud

Lifetime movies have always been a secret, guilty pleasure of mine. This one, however... Is pure awfulness. His Double Life makes Stalked by My Mom look like a Francis Ford Coppola film. The acting, the script, direction, and plot for this one are all offensively bad.

Throughout this movie I just kept feeling that this is so unbelievable. For these kids - 20-somethings - to be running around trying to figure out what's going on and all the while putting their lives in jeopardy is just unbelievable. The suspense of the story is good but to have it unfold with the stupid actions of these 20-somethings is almost comedic. Time after time they do stupid things. Can they really be this naive? This must have been a movie for teens. As an adult, I simply waited to see what was the next stupid thing they did rather than take their suspicions to the appropriate authorities. I continued to watch in order to predict the next stupid thing that would be done by the young characters.