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Witness Protection?

posted 18 years ago by SayNoToRemakes
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Lacey told the cops she couldn't depend on them for protection, but she is the one who told her sister where she was staying. Also, why didn't she change her appearance? And one more thing - her 'new' year of birth was 1971?? That would have made her 31 in the movie, and that's just not even possible. Bad, bad plot. Why did I keep watching? Extreme boredom I guess. Actually I find it quite entertaining to find the holes in movie plots. That helps with the realistic quality of the movie since real life is not perfect anyway.

[–] Lilibetp 14 years ago

Yeah, Mary Higgins Clark probably didn't write the novel intending to use an actress in her 40s to play a character in her early 30s.

[–] SayNoToRemakes 14 years ago

I haven't read the book. I'm sure it's much better than the movie.

[–] GladtobeGrey 9 years ago

I've just watched this load of drivel, and you took the words right out of my mouth. The biggest plot holes for me was that there was no attempt to change her appearance and then chopping 10 years off her age. Still, I suppose the appearance thing was deliberate was so that the baddie could find her using a photo.

[–] JohnnyJohnson (314) 2 months ago

They should have started her out with long blonde hair so that she could have her real hair for the rest of the movie. Yes, it was baffling that she didn't alter her appearance in any way.

I'd imagine if she she'd follow directions and not contact her sister except when directed that she'd have not been so easily found. And putting her in a small area where she would stand out as a newbie was a dumb idea too. Somewhere like Miami.

This flick was irritating in so many ways, starting with the lead character.