With all Lifetime movies, the plot tends to be as predictable as the sunrise. No surprise there. But given that, I enjoyed the movie. It's based on a true story for the most part. Character development and story was lacking just a bit. Not sure what the mom/boyfriend storyline was all about. It just kind of came and went. But overall the acting was good. Especially April (played by. Shellie Sterling) and the Uber driver, Mike (played by Emerson niemchick). The coolest, creepiest yet likeable psychopath you would want to meet. I had a love/hate relationship with this character. Emerson was the strongest actor in this drama. His anger at the escape of one of the girls was believable and tense. You feared for her if he ever caught up with her.
Aprils emotional display of being in a freezer and potentially being killed was very poignant, well balanced and not overly played.
I wish the writer would have flushed out more of the back story between Brittany, Mike and Mike's assumed brother, Johnny(?) and why they ended up being the people they are. Whatever trauma was in their past that made them candidates for the psyche ward would have added weight to their character and actions.
Weakest moment: The nurse who was going to perform the operation. Just not believable. Her acting felt forced.
Good movie over all. I never looked at my watch.
