First off and I state with sheer truth that I haven't seen a movie with Patty Duke I did not like. She was definitely a television A-List actress. Martin Sheen is another highly gifted actor and another that I've seen in multiple movies that were all good. As for Alexandria Powers I don't recall her and Jason London not to confuse him with his twin brother Jeremy London I've seen in a few movies that I thought were ok.
Patty Duke has a field day as Mary Brown; the mother of a marine son who was murdered by a fellow marine with his wife at the base of the murder plot for money. Alexandria Powers is riveting as the wife of Chris Brown who she had murdered. Her performance along with Patty Duke light this movie into a blaze. It's like they fed off each other and results were amazing. Martin Sheen as Jack Brown father of Chris Brown holds his own. Jason London who played Chris Brown was ok but his performance I thought got swallowed up by Patty Duke and Alexandria Powers. The chemistry between the entire cast was stellar and from start to finish it's hard to pull away from the screen.
When a naive marine cadet meets a older woman at a bar sparks quickly fly and the two get married and soon after has a daughter. As their marriage slowly deteriorate she starts turning to other men neglecting their daughter. Once she learns that her husband is worth more dead than alive she uses her femme fatale power to get her new lover to murder him. Mary Brown (Patty Duke) soon learns the truth and makes it her goal to bring both the killer of her son and his wife to justice.
I love movie's that are based on a actual event and this movie was well researched and put together perfectly. Somehow this movie avoids falling into that soap opera rut and moved at a pace that allows the viewer to learn each character as the movie progresses. The courtroom scenes were a bit shallow but the rest of the movie makes up for it. At 3 hours long this movie holds up great and doesn't mellow out right up to the last scene. I highly recommend this movie to anyone who loves justice being served to those who earn it.
Patty Duke has a field day as Mary Brown; the mother of a marine son who was murdered by a fellow marine with his wife at the base of the murder plot for money. Alexandria Powers is riveting as the wife of Chris Brown who she had murdered. Her performance along with Patty Duke light this movie into a blaze. It's like they fed off each other and results were amazing. Martin Sheen as Jack Brown father of Chris Brown holds his own. Jason London who played Chris Brown was ok but his performance I thought got swallowed up by Patty Duke and Alexandria Powers. The chemistry between the entire cast was stellar and from start to finish it's hard to pull away from the screen.
When a naive marine cadet meets a older woman at a bar sparks quickly fly and the two get married and soon after has a daughter. As their marriage slowly deteriorate she starts turning to other men neglecting their daughter. Once she learns that her husband is worth more dead than alive she uses her femme fatale power to get her new lover to murder him. Mary Brown (Patty Duke) soon learns the truth and makes it her goal to bring both the killer of her son and his wife to justice.
I love movie's that are based on a actual event and this movie was well researched and put together perfectly. Somehow this movie avoids falling into that soap opera rut and moved at a pace that allows the viewer to learn each character as the movie progresses. The courtroom scenes were a bit shallow but the rest of the movie makes up for it. At 3 hours long this movie holds up great and doesn't mellow out right up to the last scene. I highly recommend this movie to anyone who loves justice being served to those who earn it.