Outside of a few supporting characters (Rita Taggarr as a horny laid, Randi Brooks as an obnoxious ex), this is a fun bad TV movie with Joan Collins doing what she does best and David Hasselhoff doing what he does best. He's young, and she's restless, the star of a Primetime soap opera tired of the rut in her life. He is hired as her secretary upon getting out of prison simply she believes he's gay and won't be a complication in her life, but still be a confidante and pal. Of course the truth is different than the lie, and that's the fact that he's been sent there to rob her of her jewels. But two things are going to come out of the closet, one that he isn't gay and to that he is unable to rob her in spite of the orders from the men working with his prison inmate Telly Savalas while she's at the Emmy Awards which results in him being kidnapped.
I cringed every time that Brooks showed up on this svene, her voice absolutely crongeworthy, where's the nails going down a chalkboard. Taggart's sexual harassment of Hasselhoff isn't funny in the least, just tacky. At least with Collins' arrogant agent, Jordan Charney and her on and off boyfriend Ed Lauter (both suspicious of him), they serve a plot purpose. This is a minor timefiller, enjoyable in spite of a weak script and those two elements, and Joan Collins seems to be having a good time being silly. Her character is not a carbon copy of Alexis in spite of her glamour. She's actually a nice person, just tired of always forced to be on and dealing with dishonest people. That makes her a bit more engaging, and Hasselhoff is charming if not really believable as an ex-con.
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I cringed every time that Brooks showed up on this svene, her voice absolutely crongeworthy, where's the nails going down a chalkboard. Taggart's sexual harassment of Hasselhoff isn't funny in the least, just tacky. At least with Collins' arrogant agent, Jordan Charney and her on and off boyfriend Ed Lauter (both suspicious of him), they serve a plot purpose. This is a minor timefiller, enjoyable in spite of a weak script and those two elements, and Joan Collins seems to be having a good time being silly. Her character is not a carbon copy of Alexis in spite of her glamour. She's actually a nice person, just tired of always forced to be on and dealing with dishonest people. That makes her a bit more engaging, and Hasselhoff is charming if not really believable as an ex-con.
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