Over Exposed

A partial list of the obvious problems with this movie:

* mic'ing poor during opening sequence; voices become louder/softer depending on direction of actor's head (toward/away from mic)

* opening credits hard to read (color/contrast)

* lousy, loud music during opening credits drowns out audio, including answering machine messages (are they important? we can't tell)

* the "look" of shots (light levels? calibration?) is inconsistent

* weird audio in the bus/gun scene, like another track is on FF play along with the native audio

* boom mic visible in several shots

The movie feels a lot like a porno movie, but (mostly) without the porn (there's some nudity in a few scenes and some implied sex, but no explicit activity). The result is a lackluster movie that definitely does not deserve a 5.9 rating, which it currently has. I was tempted to rate it a 3, but I gave it a 4 because somehow it did (as the other reviewer also said) hold my interest until the end, despite the plot being thin and cliché-ridden. Maybe it was just morbid curiosity, or maybe Monique Gabrielle does have some charisma to accompany her fabulous figure. It isn't due to acting prowess -- from anyone.

Frankly, I can't recommend this one to anybody, but if you're a fan of someone involved with it, just don't be expecting much, and hopefully you'll at least be entertained by the intentional and unintentional humor and foibles of this low-budget melodrama.