Very disappointed :(

Just so...so bad

Dreadfully Boring

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Lots of classics and stereotypes here. Denny is a native American, as the line from the movie 'John Q' goes, he's a member of the slapaho tribe. He rapes and ganks a girl, utters the catchphrase "gotcha", and buries her body. The girl before she is ganked utters the stereotypical female in jeopardy line of how she will call the police. Didn't she realize when you are being attacked, the attacker will not stop so you can call the police? My early take was that he stays in shape by digging graves. Needless to say he's the Lifetime Psycho (LP) here. Body count: 1.I'll skip through the stereotypical rebellious teen and hands off parents to concentrate on the end which was really stupid funny (hence the high Lifetime movie score).Funniest line of the movie takes place when daughter/step-daughter Brooke asks LP if he is a psycho stalker and he says he is actually a rapist. +2 Lifetime movie points for that one.On Brooke's follow up call to LP, he is in the middle of having sex with Dana, but he drops her to take the call. LP stereotypically works his way into the family, but step mom has a bad vibe about him and puts in a call to his supposed employer. Somewhere in here he argues with Dana and ganks her the same way as the first girl, then buries her body. Oh yeah, she also used the 'I'm going to call the police' line while she is being attacked. Body count: 2.Step mom's follow up call is returned and she learns bad stuff about LP wile he is eating dinner with them. A big argument ensues and Brooke decides to leave with LP despite both 'parents' trying to stop her.At Denny's place Brooke sees a purse that belongs to Dana and wants to go home. He yells at her and slaps her again, then throws her onto the floor. I'm cheering for him: "Gank her, gank her!' We see now how truly evil Denny is- he is a tobacco user! Brooke is taped & gagged, and they go for a ride. Dana's brother Bryan calls and LP arranges to meet him, LP puts a serious beat down on Bryan, then curb stomps him, using his catchphrase from earlier. Body count: 3.The family figure out that LP is a convicted sex offender. They call Brooke, not the police (another Lifetime movie stereotype), and when step mom tries to call the cops, the line is dead- LP ripped out the line! Dad has a cell, but the plan is to go to the cops and call on the way. Meanwhile, LP has entered via a convenient unlocked door. Bro sees the door open and says nothing, closing it. As they are leaving, LP grabs bro and has a knife. LP makes dad smash his phone. Instead of going to the guesthouse for that gun, they comply and LP has step mom use some convenient duct tape to tie them up. He then knocks her out via a head butt and tapes and gags her.LP makes a call to his gun thug buddies to rip off the family. He has another talk with Brooke, who has been sitting in the car the whole time. After she sees what is going on, she is able to free herself in like 30 seconds. Should she run to a neighbors home? See if the keys are still in LP's car and go for help? Nope, she goes back to the house. Gun thug #1 is distracted by loud music. Brooke picks up a knife in the kitchen. Eventually Denny threatens step mom, uttering the catchphrase while she's at gunpoint. Brooke plunges the knife into his back, a fatal wound in other movies, but a scratch here. I guess the two gun thugs were on a union work break, but then there is a comedic fight scene. Step mom whacks Denny with a pan and then instead of picking up his gun, runs out the door. Brooke is now duct taped again. Step mom ran towards the guest house, uses some clippers aided by her large pecs to free her hands, and now has the shotgun, but doesn't know how to use it. Gun thug #2 enters and another funny fight ensues. She ends it when a convenient garden tool to gun thug #2's neck. Body count: 4. Another ridiculous fight in the garage and gun thug Jose is ganked by Brooke, bro, and dad. Body count: 5. A cop shows up out of nowhere and is ganked by Denny. Body count: 6.Denny uses the stereotypical talk don't shoot with Katherine and then Brooke who finally does something smart by playing Denny until dad comes out and is shot by Denny. Step mom has instantly recovered the shotgun and a standoff ensues with more talking on Denny's part and no shooting- seriously, he just ganked a cop and shot dad, why doesn't he just gank step mom? After some more fighting, to include a you can't kill the boogeyman move after being gut shot by a shotgun, as he is again about to gank step mom, Brooke hits him with his car.Body count: 7 (?) Denny was still moving.The next day all is well, no therapy needed, as the dysfunctional family that slays together stays together.One last point, a classic is LP driving a third generation Firebird. I was disappointed when he didn't have a Camaro and a mullet haircut. Had to deduct 1 Lifetime movie point for that omission.Real movie score: 2/10 (higher is better). Lifetime movie score: 8/10 (higher is stupider).

This poor imitation of Fear (starring Mark Wahlberg and Reese Witherspoon) leaves much to be desired. Minimal character development and terrible acting do nothing to save a ridiculous story that cannot even qualify for the "so bad, it's good" category. We are taken on a wholly unbelievable ride with Denny (Michael Welch), a serial rapist and murderer, who meets good girl Brooke (Bonnie Dennison) and apparently falls in love with her just about instantly. Within two minutes of meeting each other, Brooke is opening up to Denny about her terrible relationship with her father and her stepmother and with a few cups of her face and some soothing dribble about how she's a good person, "born bad" Denny has her wrapped around his finger.Credit to Welch, there is an underlying creepiness to Denny even at his most charming befitting his homicidal tendencies, but he is given so little to work with here that one wonders what enticed him to take on the film in the first place. Denny seems to posses superhuman powers that would make the Jason Voorhees and Michael Myers of the world green with envy as he is stabbed, smacked and shot and somehow still manages to run around wrecking havoc. It is clear, however, the writers never intended for this film to be anything remotely like realistic with stupidity abound throughout the film. This is 86 minutes of my life I will never get back. Don't do it, folks.

"Born Bad" very apt name for this foul piece of work. However, I'm bumping UP my rating to a generous 3 out of 10 stars, due to the fact that I can't turn away from it! Somehow, the rice-paper thin plot, acting skills that don't even rival the likes of adult film stars, and a leading man who is far from credible are not enough to send me running for the remote and stop this madness from polluting my living room. Fortunately, trailers were included for other films generated from the same studio; arming the consumer with information needed to avoid the rest of their work like the Plague (the theme of another Asylum film, of course). Perhaps I'm actually enjoying how bad Born Bad is; after all I only paid $1 for it at Redbox, and you get what you pay for. See you again soon Born Bad, in Wal*mart's $5 DVD bin.

An opening scene establishes pleasant-looking Michael Welch (as Dennis "Denny" Nelson) is actually a killer rapist. Then, we meet rebellious teenager Bonnie Dennison (as Brooke Duncan). She is unhappily moved to a smallish town and resents pregnant stepmother Meredith Monroe (as Katherine), who keeps trying to get chummy. "My step-mom is trying to be my mom," she tells Mr. Welch, on their romantic first date. Wealthy father David Chokachi (as Walter) hopes his daughter and son Parker Coppins (as Kyle) will come to accept their new mom. Welch muscles his way into the family, then revels terrorist tendencies...Here is yet another reason for fathers to give their daughters' nice-acting boyfriends a second look - there could be a killer lurking behind that charming exterior. "Born Bad" presents the usual psycho situations, but with money and effort spent well. You've got to admit, this one really moves; the final half picks up a lot of steam, and keeps the suspense level high. Writer/director Jared Cohn (who also acts) has a future with this sort of thing. Allowing some slack, the fate of "Bryan" is too unclear, and although Ms. Monroe is directed to say Welch was "checking me out" in the car scene, the reverse is clearly true. Check it out.****** Born Bad (7/11/11) Jared Cohn ~ Michael Welch, Bonnie Dennison, Meredith Monroe, David Chokachi