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Being the ABC soap fan that I am, I went and saw both Aspen Extreme
with Finola Hughes (ex-Anna Scorpio on GH) and Hexed with Michael
Knight (Tad Martin on AMC) back to back this weekend!  The actress
who played Carol (Bill Eckert's truck dispatcher ex-girlfriend on GH)
also made a brief appearance in Hexed.
 
Here's a summary of Hexed (without the ending):
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The story begins at the Holiday Palace hotel where Matthew and Gloria
work.  Matthew, who has a vivid imagination, is given to telling wild
stories and impersonating imaginary characters.  He crashes a holiday
party at the hotel masquerading as an aristocratic gentlemen picking
up a lonely female (ex-Carol on GH).  His escapade comes to an end
when his presence is needed behind the front desk.

?     ? (Tad Martin on GH) is a supervisor who is out to get Matthew
fired.  He is constantly hassling Matthew, whom he dislikes, and tattles
on him to the boss at every chance that he gets.

The hotel gets a big break when Hexina, an international superstar model,
books a room at the Holiday Palace citing avoidance of publicity as the
reasoning behind the choice of hotel.  Matthew, who has been dreaming of,
Hexina steadfastly maintains that they have dated in the past.  Of course
no one believes him.  He even goes home and cuts a picture of her out of
Persons (People) magazine and pastes a cutout of his head over her escort.
Gloria berates him for his behavior and tells him that she is beginning
to wonder if he can tell reality from fiction.

Matthew intercepts a phone call for Hexina from a guy who wants to see her
that evening.  He borrows a suit from the hotel cleaners, borrows a car
from the hotel lot and makes the rendezvous with Hexina himself.  Taking
her back to his place they share a night of passion until Hexina pulls a
knife out on him.  Matthew fesses up to his impersonation and wants to 
know what's going on.  Apparentlly the guy that he impersonated is trying
to blackmail Hexina with some photos.  Matthew agrees to help her get the
pictures back.

The two head over to the guys place.  When he answers the door, Hexina
pulls out a gun and shoots him on the spot.  Matthew is horrified at her
actions.  The two search the place for the film and then leave.  Hexina
isn't worried about anything because she has covered her tracks.  She
was wearing gloves at the guy's place but of course he wasn't.  He is
frantic and realizes that Hexina is wacko.  She coolly informs him that
it never happened and that she's not owning up to anything.  Besides,
no one would believe him anyway since he doesn't have any proof to back
up his involvement with her.

Matthew returns dejectedly to his apartment.  The police trace the
borrowed car back to Matthew (the car was spotted at the murder scene)
and soon are hot on his trail.  Matthew spends the rest of the movie
running from the law while trying to prove his innocence.  Will Hexina
get away with her crime?  Will Matthew be caught / will anyone believe
his story?  Catch Hexed for the conclusion to this mixed up story!
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This movie wasn't too great.  In fact between Aspen Extreme and Hexed
I would only recommend Aspen Extreme.  Hexed was a bit too predictable,
the one-liners-while funny at times-were a bit too forced, and overall
the plot wasn't very creative or imaginative.  Maybe worth a matinee
price or else wait for it in video stores.  Michael Knight was o.k.
in his role but unfortunately his character wasn't lovable (like TAD!)
but rather a slimy backstabbing egotistic supervisor.  Still, he was
a bright spot in the movie.  Anyways, hope you enjoyed the review!

                                      May  Lee
                                      a.k.a. Ms. Purple!!