Continuity ****SPOILERS

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There are flaws in this flick that are difficult to overlook. In the first ten minutes of the movie, Danielle Camastra, who plays lead actress Lola, has a car accident and is severely cut on the bridge of her nose. She later goes to a family gathering, where the scar (a tiny one at that) on her nose magically disappears, then reappears, all in the space of a few minutes in 'real' film time.

Similarly, lead actor Kurt Becker is brutally beaten in this film. His face is a bloody mass of gashes. A short time passes. We then see his left cheek as differing shades of red, almost rash-like, as if he had merely scraped it on a wall. Amazing recovery for a guy who had endured a savage thrashing.

The continuity/editing, in short, is not good. I guess we're not supposed to notice such things in a theatre. Not so when you have a rewind button on a DVD player; it's there for all to see.

There's another nagging problem: sleazy Norman Benjamin (played by John Michael Higgins) is seen early in the film as a down-on-his-luck actor who can't get a job. Then we see him as the owner of a huge strip club. He dresses lavishly, is surrounded by thugs, and drives a big car. Not bad for a failed actor.

It was sad watching Maria Conchita Alonzo playing the mother. This once- pretty, pixie-like actress has had a ghastly round of cosmetic surgery that makes her look even older than her 52 years. I thought this stuff was supposed to make you look younger? She should sue her plastic surgeon.

All in all, this isn't a bad film, albeit too familiar by half. You've seen this plot before more than a few times.