What We Did That Night (1999) (TV)

Director:

Paul Shapiro

Writer (WGA):

Eric Harlacher (written by)

Release Date:

18 January 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

They were warned that someday their pranks would go too far...

Plot:

An ex-con (Rick Schroder) returns to town after being released from prison and begins threatening his former college buddies about a frat party hazing incident that they all have tried to hide in their past. |

Plot Keywords:

Hazing | Revenge | Friendship | Fraternity Party | Grave Digging

Cast

Rick Schroder	...	Henry
Jack Noseworthy	...	Oliver Larson
Michael Easton	...	Charlie
Jayce Bartok	...	Michael 'Doc' Petrovsky
Tara Reid	...	The Girl
Jennifer Jostyn	...	Cloe Larson
Jillian Berard	...	Sarah Larson
Mary Ann Hagan	...	Waitress (as Maryann KcKellar)
Kai Soremekun	...	Tera
Andi Matheny	...	Patient

Also Known As:

Murder at Devil's Glen (UK) (USA) (alternative title)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M

Something Of An Ordeal To Sit Through

WHAT WE DID THAT NIGHT opens with four poor little rich boy students digging a hole and putting a teenage girl in the ground . Actually the scriptwriter has also dug himself into a hole since the audience are fully aware of what`s happened and what the story is about . It`s a good opening hook to be fair but it also sets up a very predictable story . The story then jumps several years to the present day where the students have now graduated and have become well paid white collar professionals . Sorry if I sound like a communist dictator but did anyone else have an instinctive dislike of these poor little rich boys ? and as someone else pointed out the actors might have been convincing as students but several years later they`re unconvincing as a district attorney etc , and because the TVM opened with these characters burying a body we know where the story is heading which means the audience have to put up with many talky scenes by these unlikable poor rich boys which doesn`t exactly make for compelling viewing

All this is rather annoying , we know what the plot is and we know where the plot is heading so perhaps fearing that the story is too predictable the scriptwriter throws a massive spanner in the works by having a few plot twists in the final third of the film which really strains any type of credibility the TVM might have had to start with

I didn`t think much of this TVM ( What a surprise ) except for a scene where one of the character`s visits his friend and the friend`s wife leans over and offers the character a plate of cookies

" Thanks Cholie . They`re nice " He says as takes a cookie

" Thank you " replies Cholie while all the time the director keeps his camera locked on Cholie`s impressive cleavage