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THE STEPFATHER |
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Here we are again... on the remake express. This time, "The Stepfather" is hardly far removed from the original which played pretty much anonymously in
1987. Yup, it was a flop. This round we get a director - Nelson McCormick - who has already failed at the remake game with
last year's bloodless "Prom Night" snoozer. |
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Michael Harding (Penn Badgley) returns home from military school to find his mother Susan (Sela Ward), happily in
love with a man known as David Harris (Dylan Walsh). He seems like the perfect father and husband to everyone - except Michael, who suspects that he isn't
quite the man he seems to be. Along with his girlfriend Kelly (Amber Heard), his biological father Jay (Jon Tenney), and Susans friends (Paige Turco and
Sherry Stringfield), they slowly start to piece together the mystery of the man who is set to become his stepfather, but they may be too late in getting to the truth. |
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In the end, David and Michael fall off the roof of their house and both are left unconcious. After being in a
coma for a month Michael finds out from his girlfriend and his mom that David got away when the police showed up. The scene switches to "The Stepfather" working in a different area with a different name and he ends up
meeting another woman with children |
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With the exception of the girlfriend and the change for step daughter to step son, this remake is basically the same
as the 1987 version. Equally annoying is the lack of blood. C'mon, it's Halloween time, we want blood and lots of it. |
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But we forget this is also profit time. The studios feel they get more viewers with a PG-13 rating than an R. Cest la vie! "Paranormal Activity" is way better for suspense and creepiness and "Saw VI" offers the bloodletting we've come to expect. Amber Heard is still a mediocre actress and... "The Stepfather" is still a remake of a bad film that didn't need remaking! --GEOFFREY BURTON
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