There are only two other reviews of this flick on IMDb as I write this and both of them pan it pretty handily. I didn't find it to be that bad, although some of the points made are valid. Like the up-tempo music whenever it looked like things were getting serious. The story also provides a goofy moment with the kidnapper's instruction to Mrs. Patrick (Rachel Romen) to go to the Executive Hotel, and right out front is a big old sign for Cactus Charlie. I wonder what they consider the Ritz Carlton.
I guess your first clue that this isn't an A list film is the name of the actor portraying the kidnapper in the opening credits - Grenade Curran. Now I have to believe Mrs. Curran wouldn't name her kid Grenade even if he was a little bombshell. For all that, Grenade didn't have very much screen time, and he sure did a job on his old partner Malcolm (Sebastian Stuart). It's hard to figure where Malcolm was coming from, was he part of the ransom plot or not? The suitcase switch was just a little baffling after the fact if Malcolm wasn't going to keep the money for himself.
Say, how come the piercing electronic noise didn't bother the two cops when they rescued Mrs. Patrick from the Lost Dutchman mine? Just wondering. Just like I'm wondering why the ransom money didn't fade away the first time Grenade opened the suitcase.
Maybe with a little extra work this could have been a real thriller. The more I think about it, the more I bring myself to the side of the other two posters for this film. I can change my mind, can't I?
I guess your first clue that this isn't an A list film is the name of the actor portraying the kidnapper in the opening credits - Grenade Curran. Now I have to believe Mrs. Curran wouldn't name her kid Grenade even if he was a little bombshell. For all that, Grenade didn't have very much screen time, and he sure did a job on his old partner Malcolm (Sebastian Stuart). It's hard to figure where Malcolm was coming from, was he part of the ransom plot or not? The suitcase switch was just a little baffling after the fact if Malcolm wasn't going to keep the money for himself.
Say, how come the piercing electronic noise didn't bother the two cops when they rescued Mrs. Patrick from the Lost Dutchman mine? Just wondering. Just like I'm wondering why the ransom money didn't fade away the first time Grenade opened the suitcase.
Maybe with a little extra work this could have been a real thriller. The more I think about it, the more I bring myself to the side of the other two posters for this film. I can change my mind, can't I?