Murdered at 17

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Brooke Emerson and Jake Campali met on a unique common ground of experience: their explosive tempers. After bumping her head during a cheerleading drill, Brooke is now on regular medication from Dr. Fenson to keep her anger in check. Jake's problems stem from an abusive childhood. Unfortunately, Jake's case remains untreated which portends nothing but trouble for Brooke. Jake will stop at nothing to control Brooke. During a party at the home of Riley Pratt, Jake murders Brooke's best friend, Maddie Finley, who had accused Brooke of leading on her beau Tryg Bailey. The diabolical Jake murders Maddie, leaving the appearance that she was killed by Brooke. In possession of bloody clothes and the murder weapon, Jake is now in the position to blackmail Brooke. In this enormously far-fetched yarn, the actors turned in exemplary work in making the relationships credible. The actress playing Brooke conveyed the Kafkaesque feeling of helplessness in the face of Jake's unspeakable actions. A turning point in the film was when Brooke opened up to her caring mother and stepfather to tell them the truth. The parents instantly grasped Jake's culpability. The filmmakers devised a clever denouement that resulted in both a fascinating twist and a symmetry with the narrative design. In the opening scene, Jake seemed unusually cruel to his mother who was asking him for money to assist his terminally ill father. But the closing scene was a shocker in the one-upmanship of the parents who outdid their son in evil. Their disgusting behavior at least provided a belated ounce of sympathy for Jake.

A young girl has some impulse control issues after a bump on the head. She meets a guy who has some issues too with temper control. But he is a psycho stalker type who wants to take the relationship further. She doesn't want it. So rather strangely he frames her for the murder of her bestie she had been quarrelling with. She can't remember because of meds. He holds it over her. Luckily she tells her Mom what's going on. This movie is watchable enough. Though don't really get the premise of killing her friend and framing her to get closer.

I watched this movie on Lifetime Network Australia during quarantine and I love this movie so much especially Jake Campali 😎😎😎 Blake Burt really portrayed his role well! I got my friend to watch this film as well and she's also a fan of this film! We want a sequel!