Christie's Revenge

Plot synopsis:
19-year-old CHRISTIE COLEMAN (Dani Kind) has had a difficult life. After her mother divorced her father RICHARD, Christie was the only one to stand by him despite the fact that everything in Richard's life seemed to be going downhill. Shortly before his suicide, Christie overheard that Richard's successful brother RAY (John Wesley Shipp), an OB/GYN in Philadelphia, refused to loan Richard money to help him out. Christie, only 16 at the time, was the one to find her father's body when he shot himself, and vowed at that moment, to someday take revenge on the man she blamed for his demise Uncle Ray.Three years later, Christie sets her plan to ruin Ray's life and make his murder
look like a suicide, into motion. While attending a prestigious university near
Ray's house, she moves in with him and his family his beautiful wife MIRANDA (Cynthia Gibb) and their rebellious teen daughter HALEY. And it's right about that time that things start to go tremendously wrong for Ray.Ray's shocked when one of his patients, JENNIFER, comes to his office and
blackmails him. Threatening to turn him in for sexual misconduct, she demands he pay her thousands of dollars or kiss his career and reputation goodbye. What scam artist Jennifer doesn't realize is her partner, Christie, isn't in this for the money. Christie murders Jennifer and frames Ray, making it look like he took squelching Jennifer's potentially damaging accusation on his own. As Ray suddenly finds himself in the middle of a homicide investigation, Christie prepares to execute the final steps of her evil plan.But to Christie's surprise, not everything works out the way she expects it to.
JOSH, Jennifer's on-and-off-again boyfriend ventures out from Missouri to find
her, and Haley happens to notice that Christie isn't exactly who she pretends to be. While Christie is forced to take care of Josh before he can reveal her part in the scam, Haley goes to her mother to express her concerns. Luckily for Christie, Haley's complaints fall on deaf ears after Haley's series of lies
about skipping school and getting drunk.Will Miranda listen to her daughter and suspect Christie's up to no good before her niece can make sure Ray suffers the same violent fate as Richard? Or will Christie succeed in taking her revenge?

Tags: revenge, murder

Review:
A basic plot outline, but very entertaining.
Christie is a young college student who suffers from the loss of her father who committed suicide, so Christie holds her uncle responsible and plans to take her revenge.the film has a very basic plot outline, so you can pretty much predict how it all ends, but at least its great entertainment, the acting is good but some character reactions are not very convincing at times, their expressions tend to look a little wooden, although other cast members pull of their roles quite nicelyOverall, its good for those days when you have nothing to do, but do give it a try, and despite the miner flaws it will keep you entertained from start to finish..
💩. Poorly acted low budget Lifetime channel garbage.
Shut it off after the first twenty minutes..
Good enough.
In Philadelphia, Ray is a physician, and his wife Miranda is an architect.
They have a 13-year-old daughter Haley who writes for her school paper and is developing an attitude.Ray's niece Christie is in college in Philadelphia.
Her mother and stepfather wanted her to stay in Baltimore, but she doesn't get along with them.
Christie is still bitter over her father's suicide two years earlier.Christie has a nice meal with her family members.
Haley thinks she's cool.
She changes her tune once she finds out Christie is moving in; Christie makes Ray feel sorry for her by claiming she lived in a noisy but cheap dump.
Actually, the truth is she was living in a nice old house with an old woman who sleeps a lot.
And her room suggested she was a stalker.To herself, Christie says Ray's perfect life is over.
To help in her devious plan, Christie finds the social security number of a deceased person who would have been the same age as Selene, and with the information she can get online, she gives Selene the new identity of Jennifer James.
Christie also persuades Ray to give her a job.The movie's title pretty much gives away what happens next, but the specifics are interesting and the ending exciting.I find no real reason to recommend this movie over others like it.
At first no one can convince me they are not acting.
But when she is scheming, Danielle Kind is quite good.
Plus she's gorgeous.
Anastasia Phillips is better when she's being sneaky, but not great when she's trying to be threatening.It's still entertaining..
Better than I thought.
I originally bought the DVD because I'm a big fan of John Wesley Shipp, who played Ray Colton.
Once I watched it, I was pleasantly surprised.
It turned out I related to the plot, a young woman seeking revenge against relatives she felt did her and her father wrong.
The performances of Mr. Shipp and Cynthia Gibb (FAME and SEARCH FOR TOMORROW) were good in that the reactions when they realized that their teenage daughter was right about Christy all along were that of utter shock and disbelief.
The girls who played Christy and her cousin were adequate.
The blonde girl who was part of Christy's plan came off like a total ditz.
Perhaps Paris Hilton could have played the part better..
Phew.
Is the word for this vacant film about revenge.
A sorry bunch of actors as well.
Cynthia Gibb, whom I like, is wasted in a thankless and clueless role as the wife who is unaware of the evil around her.
I mean how empty headed can you be?
The husband, played by another boring actor, John Shipp, is also clueless.
I mean didn't he know his brother's daughter?
Come on.
Then we have the witch herself, played by Danielle Kind, who goes around with one look on her face.
"I'm gonna get you".
The kid daughter is wise to her from the start.
Played by Annie Bovaird, she's the only sensible one in the film.
And of course, no one listens to her.
Oh, then we have Anastasia Phillips playing a so called femme fa tale.
Wrong.
She was as plain and plump as she could be.
The furthest from being an attractive woman.
That was far fetched casting.
Josh, played by Jamieson Boulanger, fared better in a smaller role.
You believed him.Writing was awful, acting was hilarious, plot was predictable, directing was so-so and over all a terrible movie even for the likes of LMN..
And The Horrible Women.
I pity poor Doctor Colton.
He's in the thrall of three of the worst women in the world.Woman Number One: Christie, his psychotic b***h of a niece who blames her uncle for the suicide of her loser father.
Seems Dr. Colton didn't loan the poor sap any more money after he gambled away the first thirty-thousand.Woman Number Two: Christie's friend Selene, an ugly young woman inside and out, hoping to make a buck or two off the poor doctor but ending up with a tire iron protruding from her thick skull.Woman Number Three: His daughter Haley, a really obnoxious brat that uses her eavesdropping capabilities to help save her dad from certain death, a death probably more preferable than having to listen to her mouth the rest of his life!Add this to Canadian producer Pierre David's highly enjoyable series of evil woman thrillers like The Landlady, The Nurse, Maid of Honor, The Perfect Neighbor, and Night Caller.Christie's Revenge doesn't start off as well as I'd like but I warmed up to it after a bit.
This movie, like the others, really knows how to push buttons..
Now I understand why Christie's father killed himself...this film was awful on my ears.
I wish movie studios would stop pounding their viewers with this way over the top suspense(less) infused music background continuously as if every single scene was the climax of their film.
I for one find it extremely irritating and not benefiting this particular film one iota.
Christie's Revenge is as the title infers is about a young college aged women named Christie (played by Dani Kind) who has recently lost her father to a suicide for which she believes her wealthy uncle who is the established Doctor Ray Colton (John Wesley Shipp) could have loaned her father the money which apparently Christie's father wanted to borrow (twice) for Christie's college tuition.So the gist of the film is how Christie plots her revenge against her uncle which includes embarrassing the good Doctor Colton, ruining his reputation, causing grief and tension between the doctor, his wife and his daughter, and eventually explaining to her uncle after poisoning him why she was so devious and was not interested in any of the generosity that he bestowed upon Christie, such as taking her in to his own home and giving her a job in his office.I rate it a 2 for some decent acting, but as I am writing this review my head is still pounding heavily from the most irritating suspense(less) musical score in film history.
Stay away from Christie's revenge as the beginning, middle and the ending are all weak, and the over the top suspense(less) music that just seemed to be non-stop would make many people want to kill themselves.
I would like to blame the music conductor and the film editors for this awful soundtrack.
Which is the most likely reason that Christie's father killed himself at the beginning of the film so he wouldn't have to listen to it any longer..
Almost perfect plan for revenge..
Well thought out.
Interest sustaining story.
Christie(Danielle Kind)is almost twenty and has led a very miserable life.
Three years after her parent's divorce, her father committed suicide; but Christine is easy to blame her Uncle Ray(John Wesley Shipp)for his despondence.
The vengeful Christie comes up with a diabolical plan to get even with her Uncle and puts a meticulous plan in motion.
She moves in with Ray and his wife Miranda(Cynthia Gibb)and their daughter(Annie Boviard).
Christie will employee a willing accomplice Selene(Anastasia Phillips)to turn her Uncle Ray's life upside down and inside out.
She is hellbent on avenging her father's death.