Ann Rule's A Murder to Remember

I put this on while I was cleaning. Didn't have to pay too much attention to the plot. Wanted to see how an Ann Rule book worked as a movie. I thought the~ actress that played Robin was convincing in her role as a damaged young widow. The sheriff looked tough and weathered nothing glamorous. The murderer was certainly a creep.

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The names may have changed and some liberties were taken with the story line but this made for TV film appears to have been based on the real life murder in Mount Hood, Oregon, by 29 year old Thomas Brown who killed 21-year-old Julio Torres and then kidnapped his 16-year-old wife Candra Torres. Thomas Brown after repeatedly raping Candra in the deep woods he convinced her to tell the authorities his murder of her husband Julio Torres was a hunting accident and then the two of them could be a couple after Thomas Brown eliminated her husband Julio. At least that was the murderer Thomas Brown's plan until his rape victim the 16 year old (now) widow Candra Torres changed her false story she initially gave to the police and came clean.

There is a Forensic Files episode in season 9, episode 10, titled "Head Games" which aired in 2004 that depicts this crime in 30 minutes much better than this made for TV film does..

I give this film a ho hum IMDB rating of 5 out of 10

Ten minutes in and I'm not continuing. This is bad and horribly acted, rather it was overacted. That bug-eyed girl was annoying, or maybe it's the result of lame dialogue and shoddy direction (Robin Givens? That figures).

This movie SUCKED! The actress playing Robin-SUCKED and overacted. There's not one good thing I can say about it!!! Totally boring, bad acting, just a total SUCK FEST!!!

Thats a couple of hours i will not get back. Obviously this one was made for tv. The lead female was not so good. Well done the male "baddie" his acting was pretty intense and i think he will go onto better things at least i hope. This wasnt up to much so no dont bother. could have been so much more.