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The Wrong Woman (2013 TV Movie)
1/10
Incredibly Awful...
8 September 2014
Warning: Spoilers
Lemme see... does "lame" even in all CAPS begin to describe how bad this movie is? Character development? No. Plot line? No. Logical transition? No. Direction? No. Decidedly no. Production value? No. There was absolutely no ROI in that arena. Can't believe anyone put up the loot to produce this.

At no time in the scripting is the "heroine" (quelle joke) Mirandized. Nothing remarkably stunning is made of the photographic evidence found in the trunk when the car has been in impound since the defendant was arrested (did I mention without being mirandized?). I can't believe Fred Dryer, a former police officer himself, could have agreed to appear in this LAME movie with such shoddy plot development, poor investigative protocols and NO MIRANDIZING of the defendant. Suspects aren't presented to the victim in this fashion. How could you Fred? Really? Hunter would be so disappointed.

And they wrap it all up with the real culprit knocked out by an oxygen cylinder to the head, laid out cold on the hospital supply room floor and no logical conclusion to the scene or the entire movie, perhaps showing the real culprit being arrested, mirandized and dragged away screaming obscenities, vowing vengeance forever? No, we get the heroine walking away with her best model's runway gait, camera focused firmly on a shot of her calves and her "two cats fighting in a sack" posterior. Yeah. That's important plot development.

No, let's transition this with a sudden cut to a scene of the heroine playing a LAME tennis lesson with the lame daughter and cutesy public defender. UGH what a lame movie. Did I mention the only thing this LAME movie achieved was a very successfully executed version of a LAME ripoff of Hitchcock's "The Wrong Man"? I am sure Hitch rolled over in his grave, groaning at the insult.

Don't waste your time on this incredibly awful movie.
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Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge (1987 TV Movie)
10/10
Loved it despite some shortcomings...
4 May 2014
I'm rating this a "10" if only because my wife and I are die-hard fans of Gunsmoke. Yes, there were areas & scenes that could have been better thought out to provide more logical continuity; yes, it would have been wonderful to have the other series characters return if only for cameos; yes, Kitty & Matt were looking older and the makeup could gave been kinder, but hey, if you're a true Gunsmoke fan, none of this matters a whit.

My wife and I have enjoyably spent the last several months watching the original shows on YouTube and seeing all of the main characters age as 20 seasons roll through. How great is it to be able to enjoy Gunsmoke all over again after watching the originals from the age of 9 onward? The original opening scene with Matt walking Boot Hill accompanied by a monologue narrative was well done, something that added to the appreciation of that week's episode. By the end of the series with the anti-violence agenda it was blunted with Matt standing on Front Street with none of the expected catharsis of the gunfight we had come to know over the years. We will likely watch many of the old episodes again once we've finished the 5 movies!

We don't know what happened with any overtures to dear Ken "Festus" Curtis or Dennis Weaver's "Chester". Indeed, it was sad to see Amanda Blake suffering the vagaries of declining health but wonderful to see her nonetheless; and James Arness looking older than the 12 year interval since the series ended so unkindly. It was a damn shame Milburn Stone had passed away; his portrayal of "Doc Adams" is indelibly etched in the memories I embrace of "Gunsmoke" through the years. Nothing else in TV holds a candle to the best western series ever offered.

Steve Forrest was excellent in this movie. His characterization gives the viewer chills with his cold-hearted evil portrayal of Mannon.

I could go on with this but let me spare you the agony if you've been kind enough to have read this far! I've given this reunion movie a "10" if for no other reason than we thoroughly enjoyed the reunion of actors who, for us, became their characters; characters we came to love and care about over the years. Thanks to the internet resources we get to enjoy it all over again and there's not a moment we regret in watching the 600+ episodes and movies!
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