Synopsis
Frank Morrison is a divorced father with a 12-year-old son, Danny. His ex-wife Susan and son Danny now live with Rick Barnes, Susan's new husband. Danny, who has a reputation for telling lies, accuses his stepfather of committing a murder. Initially, no one believes his accusations, but then Frank becomes convinced and is the only one who believes him. Now, the father Danny trusts must protect him from the stepfather he fears.
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Cast
- John TravoltaFrank Morrison
- Matt O'LearyDanny Morrison
- Vince VaughnRick Barnes
- Teri PoloSusan
- Ruben Santiago-HudsonSgt. Edgar Stevens
- Steve BuscemiRay Coleman
- Susan FloydDiane
- Angelica PagePatty
- James LashlyJason
- Rebecca TilneyLaurie
- 75
San Francisco Chronicle
A thriller that presses all the buttons: parental love, childhood terror, fear of Vince Vaughn. - 63
Boston Globe
Doesn't make nearly the ripple it could have made. - 38
Baltimore Sun
Sttrictly movie-of-the-week stuff. And not very good stuff, at that. - 38
Chicago Tribune
There's almost no reason to see the movie, unless you have no qualms about wasting your time. - 38
New York Daily News
Why Travolta is slumming in B movies is anybody's guess. (I'll take a wild flier: "Battlefield Earth"?) - 38
USA Today
Anyone who sees this movie is going to be 20 minutes ahead of it, though there won't be that many after Weekend 1. With domestic disturbances, someone calls the cops. With this DOA, someone had better call the coroner. - 25
Portland Oregonian
Few movies feel quite so perfunctory or needless or pointless as this one. - 20
Los Angeles Times
So TV-movie-of-the-week that you wonder throughout why you can't use a remote to find a decent ballgame.