Fantastic!

It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

This is a made-for-TV thriller in which Rob Lowe stars as Tom Casey, who witnesses three teenage punks stealing from cars and reports their crimes to the police. As a result, the teenagers begin to terrorize him and his wife in retaliation.This movie has its few suspenseful moments at times, making you eager to know what Tom Casey plans to do in dealing with those teenage boys and to stop them from their constant terror. Lowe wasn't bad in portraying Casey, doing the best as he can in this movie that lacks a lot of satisfying moments. You really want to root for him in giving those punks a taste of their own medicine, but, of course, with the lax judicial system, justice isn't swift.You also really want to hate on the teenagers after all the pain they've cost; the actors who portrayed them did an OK job, with actor Eric Michael Cole's role being the most sinister and evil. Jennifer Grey, who portrays Casey's wife, though, was quite mediocre. She doesn't appear to be very believable in her emotions at times, although she tries. You do end up generating sympathy for her and Rob Lowe's characters.Overall, it's a movie with some decent thrills, but you'll be left craving for more good guy vs. bad guy action.Grade C-

Our friends Evelyn and Ron loaned us this DVD. Nothing much ground-breaking here, but it does gives us a chance to root for the good guys.Rob Lowe is Tom Casey, hard-working insurance salesman with a pregnant wife. Jennifer Grey, post-nose-job, is his wife Sally Casey. His car had been vandalized, and one evening he observes what looks like 3 high school boys, dressed in uniforms with neckties that suggest they are from wealthy families, getting ready to vandalize another neighborhood car. So he calls the police and asks them to check it out, and catch the boys in the act. They don't need to, but burglarize cars just for the thrill of it.Eric Michael Cole, in his early 20s, plays the leader of the brats, Jeffrey Bateman. He is the smart, talented one whose mother happens to be a very good lawyer. He has two friends who cruise with him, but they just go along with Jerrey's mischief.The rest of the 90-minute movie is about Jeffrey taking revenge for Tom having been responsible for their arrest. They terrorize him and his wife in very drastic ways, stopping short of physical harm.SPOILERS FOLLOW: Tom even has to spend 15 days in jail for a felony firearm possession rap, because the boys find a loaded gun in his car when they are vandalizing it. When he gets out, they apparently abduct his pregnant wife. They lead him, via coded messages, on a chase all over town. Finally Jeffrey is caught in his lie, and arrested. My only regret, in the movie, was that Tom never had a just cause to shoot the kid through the temple.

This is one of my favorite movies! Rob Lowe plays a man named Tom Casey who has a pregnant wife(Jennifer Grey). He sees three punks breaking into a car. He reports them to the police but guess what? The punks found a gun in his car so while they get a slap on the wrist, he has to get a lawyer. Tom spends fifteen days in jail and hates the world when he gets out. If those punks push him any further.......I have never been a fan of Rob Lowe, but I really liked him in this movie. He has a lot of chemistry with Jennifer Grey, who does the best she can with her character. The actors playing the punks were great, they made their characters entertaining. Fulvio Cevere is solid as Rob Lowe's friend.

When you put a good looking actor with not too much talent (Rob Lowe) opposite a not so good looking actress with no talent (Jennifer Grey) you have no sparks and no drama. I was constantly aware of the bad acting by these two and the cold chemistry between them. I have always found Grey boring on screen and no charisma. Even that DIRTY DANCING movie which was clearly Patrick Swayzie's movie. So, don't waste your time with this loser due to the two leads and not the story or supporting cast. Eric Michael Cole was wonderfully evil in this with an innocent look to his prep school image. He was delightful to watch as he maneuvered Lowe. His mother, played by the delightful Kathryn Harrold was also exciting to watch. She carried a small but vivid role beautifully. And then there was Shane Meier as one of Cole's cohorts. He did what he could in a small role. But who can forget his incredible performance as Matthew Shepard in THE MATTHEW SHEPARD STORY. A haunting and beautiful performance. He's wasted in this.Rob Lowe is capable of good work. In this, he's not given much support from his leading lady. Too bad. In better hands, this movie could have been better.