Reckless Behavior: Caught on Tape (2007) (TV)

Director:

Donald Wrye

Writer:

Donald Wrye (writer)

Release Date:

17 June 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Plot:

Emma Norman spends a wild Spring break holiday on Mintners Cove beach, California, with her female friends...

Plot Keywords:

Beach | Bare Chested Male | Beachwear | Party | Public Humiliation

Cast

Odette Yustman	...	Emma Norman
Antonio Sabato Jr.	...	Greg Vlasi
John Barker	...	David (as Johnny Barker)
Hannah Banks	...	Stephanie
Hannah Marshall	...	Lorraine
Andrea Bruce	...	Alice
Rick Leckinger	...	Dwight
Emma Fenton	...	Jackie
Matt Hudson	...	Les
Alison Bruce	...	Grace Leister
Paul Glover	...	Chuck Davis
Laurie Foel	...	Esther Richardson (as Laurie Foell)
Colin Mathura-Jeffree	...	Raviphamai
Michael Saccente	...	Att. Harold Salkin
Mike Edward	...	Nick Bronson

Also Known As:

Stolen Life (Australia) (DVD title)

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Auckland, New Zealand

Goofs:

Continuity: In the beginning of the movie when Emma is talking on the phone with one of her friends her friend makes the comment that Emma works with 7-year-olds all day, and a few scenes later Emma states that she teaches 3rd grade. Later when she receives a teaching award her boyfriend says she teaches 2nd grade.

Promising at first, but falls completely flat at the end

The movie raises good questions. With the level of technology we have today and the number of fake sex tapes out there, can anyone be blamed if one pops up? Does anyone have a right to add anything to what you permitted them to film? Do they even ask permission to film? And what is your recourse if a tape actually damages YOUR reputation? I agree Emma made some stupid choices, but she should have been able to get protection from the law. Not from boob flashing, no, but from a non-permitted taping of this being turned into a hardcore XXX. To all who intend to blame Emma, imagine someone drugging your daughter and doing the same to her. How would you react? If mine said she'd never done it and proved it to me like Emma, I would be this close to finding the bastard who made it and taking him out when it's dark and no one can see. Say you interview for a job where reputation is important. Someone could film you walking at the beach and erase swimwear, then YouTube the video and send a link to your interviewer saying you are a devoted nudist, which may be viewed as improper. By the time you sort things out, position is filled, time is lost. Is it fair? Think before you blame Emma saying "she had it coming". What's a girl to do these days, not come out the door for fear that she might get her reputation damaged the way I just described and it's her fault no matter what?

This, however, is where the good stuff ends. The story falls flat at the end. What could be easier than setting up a microphone in that bra and taping the distributor, the tape maker and his rape threats. Note: This is admissible evidence without warning the other side because it is a criminal matter. If I were serious about getting these people I would have used every trick to get them, microphones, tiny camera in a purse, whatever. My sympathy for Emma ended where a seemingly intelligent girl (and her family) became completely stupid and did zero to gather any evidence, even though they easily could. The end was frustrating and lame.

To sum up, this movie did not impress me. Good start, coughed and died.