Product Details

• Actors: Alicia Silverstone, Kevin Dillon, Bill Nunn, Michael Bowen, Ann Devaney
• Directors: Pat Verducci
• Writers: Pat Verducci
• Producers: Andrew Hersh, Jonathan Furie, Mark Amin, Ray Zimmerman
• Format: Color, EP, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Vidmark / Trimark
• VHS Release Date: February 18, 1997
• Run Time: 94 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304346123
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #46,721 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Once in a while, studio heads actually make smart decisions. Kudos to whoever at Trimark screened this embarrassing, overwrought, underthought "mystery" and decided, "You know, we really don't need to let the American public see this," and immediately shipped it straight to video. Probably the one most pleased by the decision was Alicia Silverstone, who didn't need this type of thing getting a theatrical distribution and hurting her blossoming career. As for Kevin Dillon? Well, he was probably happy just to get a paycheck. Silverstone plays the teen Nancy-Drew-meets-Encyclopedia-Brown protagonist who teams up with fresh-faced police cadet Dillon to try to bag a serial killer who's been butchering teenage girls at traveling carnivals in various cities. Writer-director Pat Verducci packs his thriller with implausible detective work and numerous plot twists, all visible 20 minutes away. The "shock" ending can pretty much be figured out within the first act, leaving viewers another hour to watch Verducci concoct several amateur dream sequences, and explore a disgusting sexual relationship between Silverstone and Dillon. By the end, the question isn't so much "Whodunit?" as "Who cares?" --Dave McCoy

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Suspenseful thriller !, April 19, 2000

By	Kimberly (Terryville, CT) - See all my reviews

This review is from: True Crime (Sp) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I absolutely loved it! I'm not into the thriller action movies but I was flipping through the channels today and I came to this movie on USA. I decided to watch it, little did I know that I was going to be so absorbed in it. I loved the way the story always had you thinking you knew who the murderer was but then the police found a new suspect. And speaking of police this movie was especially great because of Cadet Cutie Tony(Kevin Dillon)and Alicia Silverstone,who executed her catholic school-girl innocence well. Oh and the murderer turns out to be . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . you think I'm going to tell you,watch the movie and you'll find out!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Almost a Fine Thriller, July 17, 2000

By	Anthony Damato "Law professor" (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: True Crime (DVD)

An enjoyable movie that needed a good editor. If you can tolerate some slow parts, and ignore the sophomoric and silly dream sequences that clutter up the movie, it's very well acted by Silverstone and Dillon. Bottom line: it's a one hour movie wrapped in a 94 minute package, but the one hour inside is pretty darn good.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Truth is stranger than fiction, December 29, 1999

By	"thecynicalcritic" (Moscow, Russia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: True Crime (Sp) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

High school girl who wants to be a detective like her father goes in over her head when she gets involved with one of the new deputies and ends up sticking her nose where she wishes she hadn't. Nice little thriller that flaunts it's name too many times in the beginning. Silverstone delivers as usual and the carnival scene, which is shorter than the video box describes, is the highpoint.