An aspiring country music duet seize the chance to sing with their reclusive hero, but the song she has planned for them ends in death.
Lurid tale of ambition and betrayal that goes heavy on the dialogue, often repeating its themes inside its on-the-nose plot. It starts out fairly static, leaving nothing to the imagination through TV-style writing, but develops some interest on the introduction to the recluse of the mad woman. And all the while the clumsy music effects keep insisting that the action really is creepy, and sometimes even frightening - but still there's no way I class this as a horror.
The music numbers themselves are good and performed live, so that's a plus. And the story does get some sophistication on by drawing parallels between the old characters and the young, although the psychology ends up dull. To get away with this level of mayhem and violence in a such a linear plot requires humour, and humour comes from character, and this don't got much character.
The performances are fine, but the only outstanding parts are in the singing. The editing is brisk once the intro is out of the way, camera work is solid, and production values are otherwise good, particularly the set dressing.
Lurid tale of ambition and betrayal that goes heavy on the dialogue, often repeating its themes inside its on-the-nose plot. It starts out fairly static, leaving nothing to the imagination through TV-style writing, but develops some interest on the introduction to the recluse of the mad woman. And all the while the clumsy music effects keep insisting that the action really is creepy, and sometimes even frightening - but still there's no way I class this as a horror.
The music numbers themselves are good and performed live, so that's a plus. And the story does get some sophistication on by drawing parallels between the old characters and the young, although the psychology ends up dull. To get away with this level of mayhem and violence in a such a linear plot requires humour, and humour comes from character, and this don't got much character.
The performances are fine, but the only outstanding parts are in the singing. The editing is brisk once the intro is out of the way, camera work is solid, and production values are otherwise good, particularly the set dressing.