I am going to be honest here seeing. Aside from the clever and talented Kristy Swanson who is sexy beyond recognition of terrible hairstyle that doesn't match the movie poster. You can the honest greatness of Stephen Mailer. The whole ensemble was amazing before we got to meet the yet world known Dave Chappelle, or television royalty Matthew Perry and Calista Flockhart.
We see a young Gabriel Higgs (played by Mailer) who trying to right by his affluent family by being a legacy at John Hopkins Medical School taking after his great grandfather down to his sentimental and overbearing father. He manages to make to the waitlist after a nervous interview, unfortunately this wouldn't sit well with the family including his rather young mother (played by Christine Baranski). He spends most of his time worrying and tending to plants as a part of his passion of ecology. With the help of his agoraphobic tech friend Ron (played by Chappelle) they manage to track down all those ahead of him on the waitlist. However things turn dark and comedic as they cross the mentality disturbed Rupert Grim (played by Andrew McCarthy). Higgs manages to cross the paths and illegally bribe the others ahead of him in a spastic way, Grim however sees the competition as inadequate and decides to kill them in comical ways as he plans to frame Gabriel. Unfortunately a less wealthy applicant named Kirby (played by Swanson) who Higgs originally intended to bribe has decided she couldn't go to Hopkins if she wanted and drops the waitlist, in this time both Kirby and Gabriel fall madly in love until she uncovers his original intentions.
The ending falls flat as Grim's attempt to kill Kirby is foiled in a unbelievable way, he jumps to suicide. Instead of showing a respectable reconciliation between the two it is revealed that Gabriel and Kirby married so she can get into Hopkins and continue the legacy by carrying on his last name, Gabriel carries on by becoming an Ecology professor and in cruel irony, Ruperts body is donated to Kirbys classroom for medical purposes. For the only other surviving conspirator, Ron was wheeled away to hospital having been collapsed by the body of Grim in the earlier scene. It is unclear what his fate was but more than likely he is never going to step outside again.
The plot is amazing the story's direction goes astray as the need for comic relief brings too much disappointment. The ending was far too in a rush and the fate of the final two victims did not get resolved for a justice. Aside from that, the abrupt marriage after ending a relationship was just annoying. If not for an original story of desperation this so called independent film could have made for television mystery series.
We see a young Gabriel Higgs (played by Mailer) who trying to right by his affluent family by being a legacy at John Hopkins Medical School taking after his great grandfather down to his sentimental and overbearing father. He manages to make to the waitlist after a nervous interview, unfortunately this wouldn't sit well with the family including his rather young mother (played by Christine Baranski). He spends most of his time worrying and tending to plants as a part of his passion of ecology. With the help of his agoraphobic tech friend Ron (played by Chappelle) they manage to track down all those ahead of him on the waitlist. However things turn dark and comedic as they cross the mentality disturbed Rupert Grim (played by Andrew McCarthy). Higgs manages to cross the paths and illegally bribe the others ahead of him in a spastic way, Grim however sees the competition as inadequate and decides to kill them in comical ways as he plans to frame Gabriel. Unfortunately a less wealthy applicant named Kirby (played by Swanson) who Higgs originally intended to bribe has decided she couldn't go to Hopkins if she wanted and drops the waitlist, in this time both Kirby and Gabriel fall madly in love until she uncovers his original intentions.
The ending falls flat as Grim's attempt to kill Kirby is foiled in a unbelievable way, he jumps to suicide. Instead of showing a respectable reconciliation between the two it is revealed that Gabriel and Kirby married so she can get into Hopkins and continue the legacy by carrying on his last name, Gabriel carries on by becoming an Ecology professor and in cruel irony, Ruperts body is donated to Kirbys classroom for medical purposes. For the only other surviving conspirator, Ron was wheeled away to hospital having been collapsed by the body of Grim in the earlier scene. It is unclear what his fate was but more than likely he is never going to step outside again.
The plot is amazing the story's direction goes astray as the need for comic relief brings too much disappointment. The ending was far too in a rush and the fate of the final two victims did not get resolved for a justice. Aside from that, the abrupt marriage after ending a relationship was just annoying. If not for an original story of desperation this so called independent film could have made for television mystery series.