"In Pool Boy Nightmare," the title character, Adam Lance, has committed multiple homicides prior to meeting Gale Foley and her daughter Becca. He promptly seduces the mother, then starts dating the daughter. Young Becca seems to believe she has met her "Prince Gorgeous." By by the end of the film, it is difficult to empathize with either Gale or Beeca, due to their poor judgment.
My favorite character was Jackie, the bestie of young Becca. It was Jackie who almost instantly recognized a problem with Adam, whom she cannot locate on social media. But Becca refuses to heed Jackie's advice and plunges into a disastrous encounter with Adam.
The triangulated relationship of Gale, Adam, and Becca has to be one of the messiest imaginable. Gale improbably began her one-timer with Adam when he was giving her a massage. When she tried to break off the relationship, it started to dawn on Gale that the young man was obsessed with her.
Gale then enlists her ex-husband, Tony, requesting that he confront the pool boy. As a result, Tony is hospitalized for serious burns after Adam placed a chemical in Tony's jacuzzi. Gale, Becca, and Tony all make their predicament uglier with their flawed decision-making.
The film was a by-the-numbers thriller without many thrills. It was difficult to believe that the police had not investigated the circumstances of the death of Adam's previous victim, Rhonda Phillips, who was murdered in her swimming, pool, then dragged into the house and placed in the bathtub. The film's ending was also strange as Gale shut the door of the family home, and the screen went to blackout with no denouement.
"Prince Gorgeous" turned out to be a one-dimensional villain. One can only wonder if the main characters have learned anything from a calamity they brought on themselves.
My favorite character was Jackie, the bestie of young Becca. It was Jackie who almost instantly recognized a problem with Adam, whom she cannot locate on social media. But Becca refuses to heed Jackie's advice and plunges into a disastrous encounter with Adam.
The triangulated relationship of Gale, Adam, and Becca has to be one of the messiest imaginable. Gale improbably began her one-timer with Adam when he was giving her a massage. When she tried to break off the relationship, it started to dawn on Gale that the young man was obsessed with her.
Gale then enlists her ex-husband, Tony, requesting that he confront the pool boy. As a result, Tony is hospitalized for serious burns after Adam placed a chemical in Tony's jacuzzi. Gale, Becca, and Tony all make their predicament uglier with their flawed decision-making.
The film was a by-the-numbers thriller without many thrills. It was difficult to believe that the police had not investigated the circumstances of the death of Adam's previous victim, Rhonda Phillips, who was murdered in her swimming, pool, then dragged into the house and placed in the bathtub. The film's ending was also strange as Gale shut the door of the family home, and the screen went to blackout with no denouement.
"Prince Gorgeous" turned out to be a one-dimensional villain. One can only wonder if the main characters have learned anything from a calamity they brought on themselves.