This macabre tale focuses on the family of investigator David Meyer, whose research has identified banker Erica Hearns at the heart of a massive fraud and corruption scheme. The amoral Hearns assigns her goon Ed the task of murdering David and making it appear as a suicide. David's wife Kathy, who is a heart surgeon, is not fooled by the ruse and spends the film assembling the paper trail that leads back to Erica.
While the performances were top-notch, especially the actress playing the caring doctor and mom Kathy, the narrative design was routine and predictable. Along with Erica and Ed, David's co-worker John sold out his old college buddy, then sought to cover up the crime. The essential crime scenario is in place by the midpoint of the film with no mystery or suspense.
In the meantime, Erica has enlisted her nephew Damon as a spy to infiltrate the Meyer family by becoming the boyfriend of the Meyers' daughter April (Apple). Caught in the middle, Apple becomes the hostage that Erica will use to get back the files and recordings that implicate her in fraud and murder.
There were some good clues left behind by David, including the key to his locker left in the book of the story of the Velveteen Rabbit and phone buried in the garden. Kathy's bestie Michelle, who is also a doctor, relies on sign language at a key juncture of the action to warn Kathy. The motivation of Kathy to discover the truth about her husband and her pursuit of justice hold the film together until the criminal Erica is finally exposed in the frantic climactic scene.
While the performances were top-notch, especially the actress playing the caring doctor and mom Kathy, the narrative design was routine and predictable. Along with Erica and Ed, David's co-worker John sold out his old college buddy, then sought to cover up the crime. The essential crime scenario is in place by the midpoint of the film with no mystery or suspense.
In the meantime, Erica has enlisted her nephew Damon as a spy to infiltrate the Meyer family by becoming the boyfriend of the Meyers' daughter April (Apple). Caught in the middle, Apple becomes the hostage that Erica will use to get back the files and recordings that implicate her in fraud and murder.
There were some good clues left behind by David, including the key to his locker left in the book of the story of the Velveteen Rabbit and phone buried in the garden. Kathy's bestie Michelle, who is also a doctor, relies on sign language at a key juncture of the action to warn Kathy. The motivation of Kathy to discover the truth about her husband and her pursuit of justice hold the film together until the criminal Erica is finally exposed in the frantic climactic scene.