This little Misery update (2 victims instead of 1) could have been better done.Firstly launching straight into the misery stage wasn't right. It would have been better to build things up from the normal then show how things disintegrate. Instead there is too much of the "torture" and it loses impact after a while.What's more shocking than all the "torture" is what happened to Billy Zane. Why did he let himself go like Val Kilmer? Annalynne McCord does as well as she could have with this material. The friend looked a bit bored.There is a little twist at the end but it feels a bit lame. Overall it feels a bit tiresome and not worth the effort.
... View MoreAgree with the most of the reviewers - McCord is an interesting actor, but this is terrible.It has to be the screenplay. The pace is so completely off that I wanted to give up halfway through. The bondage and electrocuting were unbelievable, the prisoners were moved around like dolls, the girl got to put on more and more clothes, their escape attempts were laughable, and some random convict was dropped in to pad out the plot. Finally the back story made a nonsense of the relationship between the two girls. Almost porn-feature quality.Toward the end it developed a sense of purpose and humour, but even then the writers didn't bother to make it plausible.Only marks are for McCord.
... View MoreI've never seen AnnaLynne McCord in anything before, I watched this film because Billy Zane was in it and he was solid in Dead Calm and Titanic.The beginning put me off because of the unannounced text messages that were confusing for a second. The plot is tired and inconsistent, the scenes totally unbelievable and the content is clichéd and cheesy: scorned girlfriend tortures and kills her boyfriend for cheating on her with her best friend.However right from the moment she comes on screen AnnaLynne McCord rocks this movie all by herself. Viva Bianca is typical B movie stuff, Billy Zane is absolutely appalling barely even scraping B actor status in this, but McCord is A rated throughout, in every scene,despite having awful dialogue and poor direction in scenes.She makes this movie totally hers and outclasses everyone else, and the score on this review is really for her alone. I recommend this movie simply for those who enjoy great acting, but only for McCord.
... View MoreRich love-rat Kevin (Billy Zane) cheats on his girlfriend Sadie (AnnaLynne McCord) with her sexy BFF Jennifer (Viva Bianca). When Sadie rumbles the infidelity (after finding saucy text messages on Kevin's cellphone) she decides to teach the naughty pair a lesson they won't forget.Halfway through Scorned and I was about to write the film off as a total failure, when I suddenly realised that the ridiculous script and overblown performances were intentional: I was actually watching a dark comedy! I guess the fact that I couldn't discern the film's intended nature for quite some time still makes it something of a failure, but after my epiphany, the rest of the movie proved far more bearable, with AnnaLynne McCord's performance being a master-class in OTT cinematic craziness.With Sadie prancing around in her panties, sexy Jennifer showing us exactly how she managed to turn Kevin's head, some reasonably sadistic violence (including a nasty hobbling scene inspired by Misery), and the hilarious sight of an escaped convict, tattooed over his entire face, thumbing a lift in the rain, Scorned actually proved to be a reasonably fun way to waste some time. While not the finest title on Billy Zane's filmography, it's not the biggest embarrassment on it either (there are so many to choose from).
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