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In "Love or Murder" (aka, "Murder & Matrimony"), one might conclude that Muskogee is the murder capital of the world. Angie and Levi are a nice couple preparing for marriage. But when Angie's brother and his exuberant fiancée Olivia arrive on the scene, an astounding sequence of murders takes place.

The film adopted an over-the-top, soap opera style made possible especially with the wild antics of Olivia. Michael's business partner Howard dies, followed by his wife Brenda. Angie's assistant Mia is also killed with the evidence strongly pointing to Olivia.

But there was also the matter of the parents of Angie and Michael, whose brakes went out on them, leading to a fatal crash. The police are especially slow in connecting the dots, leading Angie to make one gruesome discovery after another.

The film was briskly paced with an ebb-and-flow in the action, especially with the roller coaster ride in the relationship of Angie and her wayward brother Michael. The performances were excellent, as well as the good choices in locations. The ultimate effect was a set of operatic moments in the ongoing saga of as the world turns.

A Lifetime ad used a scene from this movie and it's supposed to make the fiancee suspicious, but it was just campy. They were piling on Olivia so much that it became obvious that something else was going on. It was her wedding, so how is she crazy for wanting it her way? Another giveaway was things were happening to Olivia's friends, not the protag, so how were those stakes? They tried to make her seem money-hungry, which to be fair, she wanted Michael to have his inheritance, but a movie can only be like "HEY ! LOOK OVER HERE!!" so many times before it's clearly a ruse. We're also supposed to be OK with Angie's friend breaking in Michael and Olivia's home and getting caught for it. I'm glad that scene with the police played out as it did.

Of course the ultimate clue was with 20 minutes to go, she was dead. LOL, I distinctly remember looking at my clock when it happened. After her death, her fiance is with her best friend that shaded her every which way to Sunday? Riiiight... like I said, with 20 minutes to go, the "twist" was obvious and if you blink, there's a split second moment that sends signals when Angie goes upstairs.

I watched the whole thing but it was just your basic Lifetime movie.

Cringe. I don't even know where to start! Except for maybe the 2 black girls, all performances by actors who played the lead and supporting roles were awkward and unconvincing. Dialogue seemed forced and unnatural, but that can also be the director's fault. There should be a smooth transition from scene to scene but the flow was off! Lacked cohesiveness. The plot was also very predictable. *SPOILER ALERT* There's always a catch whenever a movie doesn't end shortly after the villain dies. I was mostly, like, "who wrote this script?!" The movie was meant to be a mystery/suspense thriller... but there was very little mystery and suspense in this thriller!