Past Never Dies

This is quite and intense and fast moving Lifetime thriller. A woman and her child escape after years in captivity. They rebuild a new life and many years later a copy cat kidnaps mom again. It's up to the daughter and the cops to find her. Okay explanation.

Charlotte was born from Jane Marsh (Erin Karpluk) who was kidnapped and raped by disturbed woodsman Timothy Fast. After eight years in captivity, Lena escapes with six year old Charlotte and Timothy is sent to prison. They changed their names to Casey Winters and mother Lena. It's 20 years later and young women are being kidnapped in a similar fashion.

As those of the women-in-danger genre, this is par for the course. This is fine for the most part. I would have liked Casey to do this by herself. The investigators aren't that well developed. I get a sense that Nate Bishop and Landon Phillips are doing their own movie. Quite frankly, Nate is better doing this alone and there could be a misdirection with his character. The graffiti kid is extra stupid. The ending doesn't have enough tension. This is not good enough.

Interesting yet unpleasant story told straightforwardly - at times the movie was pretty intense.

The ending was satisfying and I was glad that everyone got what they deserved (both good and bad).

What an intense thrill ride that totally keeps you guessing until the end! Larissa Dias stars as Casey Marsh and Erin Karpluk as Lena Winters in this powerful psychological thriller, an edge of your seat suspense. This movie has an element of fear that coats the movie and the director did a terrific job telling the story from the first 7 minutes that sticks with you giving you a feeling of fear like you were part of the plot. I thought the scenes had some dark elements to it and draws you in. I loved the acting of both characters as mother and daughter and the way they interacted. Actor Andrew Francis as Jacob, plays too much on the characters. There's some slow parts, but eventually you enjoy every minute. I didn't give this a high rating because it could've been better, but it's still good!

Seriously? So bad. The 90s films were good with good actors. Total flop.