Title: Ladies Night
Stars: Paul Michael
Glaser, Colin Ferguson, Claudette Mink, and Zak Santiago
Writers: Larry Mintz
and Marvin J. Wolf
Director: Norma
Bailey
Executive Producers:
Stanley M. Brooks, John Fasano, and Chad Oakes
Running Time: 89
minutes without commercials
Media: USA Network
Original Television Motion Picture (NTSC VHS Screener)
Premiere Saturday,
February 19, 2005, at 9pm (ET/PT)
Network: USA Network
(Check your local cable/satellite listings for channel)
TV Rating: Not
Available At Time Of Review
Reviewer: Mark A.
Rivera
Inspired by true events, “Ladies Night” follows two insurance investigators (Colin Ferguson & Claudette Mink) as they probe a case involving money embezzled by a trusted female employee only to discover the trail leads to a series of missing women that all had access to large sums of money and are all presumed missing or dead. When the body of the embezzler is discovered, their case turns into a search for a father and son team of serial killers.
The father is played with great charm and foreboding presence by Paul Michael Glaser. As Art Kirkland, Glaser is charming and considering his age, he looks like he’s in pretty good shape too. While Glaser seems personable enough, it is his body language that delivers the sense of malevolence in his performance. He is a big guy and when his character commits an act of murder, he does it with cold efficiency as if it were just a matter of fact for him. Glaser truly anchors the film very well as the heavy.
The
film itself has an undercurrent of darkness despite the frequent sunny settings.
This helps to give this latest USA True Crime Original Movie” a shadowy
subtext where within all of the characters there seems to be a hidden agenda or
there is the way things appear to work and the way things really are behind the
scenes that adds much to the film’s dramatic contrasts. Overall, an above
average crime drama, “Ladies Night” will premiere on Saturday, February 19,
2005 from 9pm to 11pm (ET/PT) only on USA Network.
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Copyright 2005 By Mark A. Rivera
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