Betrayed (TV Movie 2014)

Betrayed: Directed by John Stimpson. With Amanda Schull, Lynne Adams, Tony Devon, Charlie Hofheimer. While vacationing in Cape Cod, Julie, six months pregnant, and her boyfriend Trent get caught up in a scandal when Trent is kidnapped by a mysterious man, and Jonathan – Julie’s husband – is forced to pay the ransom.

“Not sure why this was a movie. The plot could have been realized in a 45 minute tv episode of any of the current police dramas. It gains nothing by being stretched to fill 90 minutes.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe poor acting did nothing to elevate the weak, soap opera quality script. The camera work was soap opera level, too, with actors delivering monologues while facing a wall so we can see the face of the listener as they speak.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWhile none of the cast are talents, they are attractive people who appear to be giving it their all. A skilled director could have elicited a passable performance. Sadly, that is not the case here. Emotions turn on like a light switch and just as quickly turn off. The couple goes from happy to sad to excited to depressed to in love to questioning their relationship and back again in the course of five minutes.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eA few stars for the Cape Cod outdoor shots. The rest doesnu0026#39;t deserve a star.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThree stars.”