Alone with a Stranger

This movie was so bad it must be on by bottom 100 of all movies I have seen. You need only one brain cell to watch it. It's about a man with a realy good job living with her wife and a kid. And the wife think he is working to much. Then a Evil twin brother and his girlfriend suddenly turn up and kidnapping his brother. And he kills a lot of people and of course no cop in sight. Just that alone is so stupid. And the Evil twin brother want to sell the firm and move to New York and start pursuade the mother and the kid to move. But the kid don't want to move. And he starts threatening the son to move. Really bad acting and a weak storyline. There is not one surprise moment in the whole movie.

Soap actor William R. Moses really gets a chance to show his off acting chops in "Alone with a Stranger", playing a dual role as an evil twin scheming to take over the identity of his more successful brother. This is a bit more violent and nasty than your typical Lifetime movie: Moses is a calm, collected psychopath who kills without hesitation. The scene where he threatens to shove his stepson's hand into a garbage disposal is positively nerve-wracking.

Moses has to carry the whole thing on his sturdy shoulders, though: wife Barbara Niven barely makes an impression, while coconspirator Nia Peeples is wasted in an underwritten role. Barely anything happens in the sideplot with Peeples and the captive good twin, and it throws off the film's pacing quite a bit. Still, this has plenty to please connoisseurs of TV thrillers.

This film displays Billy Moses as the excellent actor he truly is! I was just so used to seeing him as the good boy Cole Gioberti on "Falcon Crest" that it surprised me at how well he could play a callous, cold blooded, and emotionless killer. He did a wonderful job in the duel role of twins. This film does not lose it's intensity and keeps you on the edge of your seat till the very end.

This was a very entertaining film in which human life was taken at the drop of a hat. William R. Moses,(James/Max) "Hangman's Curse",'03 was a very successful CEO and had very little time for his wife and spoiled son. All of a sudden a very close relationship appears and turns his entire life upside down and causes all kinds of problems. However, James's wife, Barbara Niven,(Sandy Kennington),"The Drone Virus",'04, seems to enjoy the different changes that go on in the bedroom and how James has become so very romantic and attentive to her desires. If you look close, you will see Mindy Cohn,(Toni), "Facts of Life Down Under",'87 TV Series, who is a secretary to Sandy Kennington. There are lots of thrills and chills in this film and the story line is outstanding.

After reading the other reviews here, I was expecting to see a taut, entertaining thriller. What a disappointment! This plays like a typical made-for-tv flick with a few F-bombs added; a painfully predictable plot with nothing you haven't seen a zillion times already and zero suspense. Skip it-- I wish I did.