From a screenplay by Micah Bloomberg, Michelle Garza Cervera directs the second remake of Curtis Hanson's classic 1992 original of same name.
Yeah, India got there first in 1993, calling obscure work Khal-Naaikaa (Lady Villain or The Vamp).
Maika Monroe - Polly Murphy
Mary Elizabeth Winstead - Caitlin Morales
Raúl Castillo - Miguel Morales
Mileiah Vega - Emma Morales
Nora & Lola Contreras - Josie Morales
Martin Starr - Stewart
Yvette Lu - Amelia
Riki Lindhome - Bethany
Summary
While helping Polly fight a rent increase from her landlord, a heavily pregnant Caitlin goes into labour and gives birth to her second child Josie.
Caitlin later meets Polly again at a Tenants' Rights event and to ease the burden of looking after newborn and unruly 10-year-old Emma, lawyer hires her as a nanny.
Polly quickly bonds with kids and also makes an impression on Caitlin's husband Miguel.
As time goes by, Caitlin's past is dug up, leading her to clash with Polly in more ways than one.
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A total waste of fucking time, absolute HORSESHIT.
Apart from Winstead putting in a decent shift, bore fest bizarrely rips off Single White Female (1992), as like Jennifer Jason Leigh, Polly adopts Caitlin's appearance, even wearing her clothes.
Polly is gay, while Caitlin is bisexual.
Of course they are.
One of the main reasons why original hit so hard was because of Solomon (brilliantly played by Ernie Hudson), but as expected, there's no equivalent here.
Rebecca De Mornay was a psychopathic bitch and genuinely scary. Unfortunately, Maika Monroe (of It Follows fame) was the polar opposite, and does little apart from battering Stewart (pseudo version of Julianne Moore's Marlene) to death with a baseball bat.
It's revealed that Polly (Rebecca) and Caitlin (Jennifer) were classmates and Caitlin set a fire that burned down Polly's house, killing her parents and baby sister.
She did this to escape Polly's father, who sexually abused her.
Regardless of the truth, Caitlin was able to start over, but Polly had a miserable time in foster care.
Limp climax has Polly stab Caitlin in the stomach and Polly dies when thrown from the bonnet of Caitlin's car.
What will they ruin next?
I dread to think.
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