Wicked Minds (2002) (TV)

Director:

Jason Hreno

Writers:

Turi Meyer (writer)
Al Septien (writer)

Release Date:

1 March 2003 (Spain)

Genre:

Thriller

Plot:

A young man returns home from college to find his father remarried, until the sudden murder of his father leaves everyone suspect. |

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Unrequited Love | Katana Sword | Sex | Police

Cast

Angie Everhart	...	Lana
Andrew W. Walker	...	Holden Price
Winston Rekert	...	Mason
Amy Sloan	...	Nicole
Frank Schorpion	...	Harry
Ellen David	...	Det. Clarkson
Conrad Pla	...	Det. Mormino
Bobo Vian	...	Madeline
Alan Fawcett	...	Gerald Sykes
John Topor	...	Homeless man
Sean Devine	...	Julien
Noël Burton	...	Curator
Doug Price	...	Price executive
James Rae	...	Caretaker
Richard Jutras	...	Coroner

Also Known As:

Esprits tordus (Canada: French title)

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Company:

Wicked Minds Productions Inc.

Quotes:

Holden Price: They say my generation is jaded. Brought up in a time when there's no faith in God, government, people -- anything. But whatever created my generation came before me. We didn't make all this up. Our attitudes, our way of looking at life, we learned by example. It's a tough time to be young, yet somehow we all learn to cope. In the end, all you need is a good plan.

Not predictable

At the start of the movie, Holden is being questioned by the police, so we know there will be a crime committed and that he might be involved.

We go back to when Holden returned to his father Mason's mansion after graduating from Harvard. Mason wants Holden to run the family business; Holden wants no part of that.

Mason has remarried. Lana is beautiful and not much older than Holden. She seems to be only interested in Mason's money, and she and Holden are attracted to each other once they meet. Mason is abusive but Lana is tough.

Mason tries to set Holden up with Nicole, but she's not particularly attractive.

You may think you know what is going to happen next. You will probably be wrong. Then when you think you have it all figured out, you won't. This movie has a lot of surprising plot twists.

I didn't see anything outstanding about this film other than the way it surprises toward the end. Angie Everhart was surprisingly good for such a beautiful woman, but not exactly Oscar-worthy. I did like the housekeeper, who I assumed was Mason's wife at first.

For a TV-movie this came close to pushing the limits on steamy sex scenes, and the moral standards of the characters should not exactly be seen as a positive example.

Anyway, a good mystery keeps you guessing, and I suppose this was good enough.