Point by Point: Nightscare 2/10

Elizabeth Hurley is a psychiatrist (ha!) testing a dream-altering drug on her and the psychopath in the mental ward she works at. Instead of having the desired evil-quashing effect, the drug makes their dreams real. People die, and the original cop who caught our killer is forced to intervene, as he and Ms. Hurley muddle their way through a 2nd and 3rd act that make no sense.

The Good: Elizabeth Hurley almost gets naked. That is the sole good thing about this movie.

The Bad: This movie is a series of events happening with no explanation, followed by people talking about how weird what just happened was. Now, there are movies out there that effectively blend dreams with reality - this one does not. By the last half hour the director has completely given up on trying to show what's real and what's not, which makes the movie amazingly frustrating, confusing and boring. Plus the acting kinda sucks.

The Ugly: Our villain imagines a rotund and yet scantily clad nurse doing something to him with her closed hand. And then they reshow the last 2 seconds of the scene (him smiling grossly) after the credits, because I really needed to see him get off on it twice.

Points Pondered

• Elizabeth Hurley definitely got better as an actor. However she was always hot.


• When capturing the killer the first time around, the hero-cop was forced to shoot what I thought was his wife, but really looked and acted more like his mother (she comes back to life. Because the bad guy dreamed it. She makes tea.)


• If Elizabeth Hurley spent as much time shirtless as our main hero, this would have been a MUCH better movie.