"Killer Twin" (a.k.a., "A Sister's Obsession") had the potential to be a tour de force for one of our favorite actresses. Lindsay "Lifetime" Hartley plays the two twins, Kendra and Amber Sheridan, who were separated at age three. Kendra was adopted by a loving couple, abut Amber remained in a Dickensian orphanage until she came of legal age.
Unfortunately, the action was all too predictable with Amber determined to take her "vengeance" on the sister whom she believed got all of the breaks in life. While Amber's planning is methodical, it was never made clear what is her greater purpose. Does she want to murder her twin and take her place in bed alongside her husband Dane? Or, is her goal merely to wreak havoc on Kendra's life?
There were too many depressing moments in the film, such as the elimination of Kendra's bestie, Monica Lawrence, who was stabbed to death by Amber. In a nearly farcical sequence, Kendra's husband Dane has his phone on silent during the crisis that he knows is occurring with Kendra. Dane's top priority is to get drunk with business associates at Moretti's Bar at a time when his pregnant wife has been hospitalized after her allergic reaction to Amber's fruit basket laced with nuts. Finally, he comes to his senses in the bedroom, asking the disrobed Amber the appropriate question, "Where's your birthmark?"
The filmmakers' struggled to underscore a theme of nature vs. nurture with Amber suffering under the sadistic Eunice at the Bridges orphanage. It is sad that she was mistreated. But she could have pulled herself up by her bootstraps to become a force of nature instead of an instrument of hate.
Unfortunately, the action was all too predictable with Amber determined to take her "vengeance" on the sister whom she believed got all of the breaks in life. While Amber's planning is methodical, it was never made clear what is her greater purpose. Does she want to murder her twin and take her place in bed alongside her husband Dane? Or, is her goal merely to wreak havoc on Kendra's life?
There were too many depressing moments in the film, such as the elimination of Kendra's bestie, Monica Lawrence, who was stabbed to death by Amber. In a nearly farcical sequence, Kendra's husband Dane has his phone on silent during the crisis that he knows is occurring with Kendra. Dane's top priority is to get drunk with business associates at Moretti's Bar at a time when his pregnant wife has been hospitalized after her allergic reaction to Amber's fruit basket laced with nuts. Finally, he comes to his senses in the bedroom, asking the disrobed Amber the appropriate question, "Where's your birthmark?"
The filmmakers' struggled to underscore a theme of nature vs. nurture with Amber suffering under the sadistic Eunice at the Bridges orphanage. It is sad that she was mistreated. But she could have pulled herself up by her bootstraps to become a force of nature instead of an instrument of hate.