| Show Dont Don't flock to see Cry Wolf r PS Nick Parker The Globe After a stereotypical chase through the woods woods' the first gruesome death occurs with a aloud aloud aloud loud scream in the night Friday The No Halloween Negative Showgirls Nay This is Cry Wolf in its putridly familiar ripped-off ripped form The debauchery begins with a high school group of friends played by obviously twenties mid-twenties beautiful people people people peo peo- secretly meeting in the chapel for a late night game Dodger played by the unfathomably gorgeous Lindy Booth in one of two things this movie has going for it initiates and sees the game of trickery and deception deception deception tion to its end while new guy Owen Julian Morris becomes utterly infatuated with her Presented as a good old movie Cry Wolf evades the moniker toward the end and becomes a potentially potentially potentially poten poten- good twist-heavy twist thriller Potentially is definitely definitely definitely the key word here however as it teeters on intelligence intelligence intelligence intel intel- and wit but falls short in its psyche pseudo-psyche- out ending Just when you think you know what's going on Cry Wolf throws you a curve and switches up the entire genre of movie Normally something like that would be advantageous in a market flooded with one dimensional films but this one tried harder than it could deal with and flattened any semblance of suspense or tension it carried The magnanimously beautiful beautiful beautiful beau beau- Booth shows skillful resilience as the redheaded Dodger and Jon Bon Jovi yes Jon Livin On A Prayer Bon Jovi plays a teacher Bon Jovi keeps the faith I couldn't help it for his wrong side of the tracks pupil Owen while accusations accusations accusations ranging from murder to theft fly at the young student turned musicians-turned- Although actors are usually terrible Nelly Ice Cube Mariah Carey Bon Jovi has become quite an accomplished thes- thes pian This films film's mediocrity is what sank it If it were to stick with its sensibilities sensibilities ides and play the part wholeheartedly wholeheartedly wholeheartedly whole whole- heartedly it mayve may've survived Or perhaps if it decided to be smart or sly earlier on it might've warranted an eight dollar ticket Instead Cry Wolf attempts a Saw like twist-o-rama twist at the end and succeeds only in overturning its mediocre status to downright downright downright down down- right bad Cry Wolf is rated PG |
