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6/10
OK I will admit it....I did not identify the right serial killer
Ed-Shullivan7 April 2018
99 out of 100 times I can usually predict within the first 30 minutes of this type of made for TV murder mystery who the (serial) killer is, but admittingly I picked the wrong serial killer. It seemed quite obvious (at least to me it did) who was responsible for the string of murders taking place right under the police departments nose. Renee Murphy (Andrea Roth) is the Supervisor forensic investigator for a local police department who has developed a superior reputation in her crime solving laboratory to crack murder cases.

When one of her fellow detectives is subsequently found murdered there are a number of suspects from within her own police department that may or may not be the key suspect that is responsible for the recent string of what appear to be linked murders. Renee recently married a computer software success story named Jack Murphy (Woody Jeffreys) who was (past tense) best friends with a fellow mountain climber named Kyle Ferguson (Sebastian Spence). Kyle is a lead detective at the same precinct that Renee is a forensic investigator for and the two used to date but it just was not a serious relationship for Renee, although Renee and Kyle's daughter liked each other very much. Kyle lost his wife not too long ago who was also murdered and her killer is still unknown. So Kyle buries himself in his work and supporting his teenage daughter even though it irritates him to see his former best friend Jack Murphy and his former girlfriend Renee now married.

This made for TV thriller has a few twists and turns some of which are predictable and some twists and turns not so predictable. I will admit that the ending was better than most made for TV thrillers so I give the film a decent 6 out of 10 rating.
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6/10
**1/2
edwagreen24 July 2016
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A female forensic expert marries her boyfriend's good friend and certainly comes to regret it by film's end.

She discovers that the guy is a recovering drug addict and sees him with another woman. Turns out she is wrong on that score as the lady is his sponsor in a drug rehabilitation group.

The original boyfriend's wife was murdered and soon we have another murder similar to that one.

The film becomes confusing in that you begin to wonder who is helping the others. Naturally, her meek assistant becomes a suspect and the nicest part of the film is the mountainous scenery where a lot of the fatal action takes place.
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5/10
Not believable ...spoiler alert@@####
rballar31 March 2017
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My review focus is less on the acting and more on technical details. Just watched 3/30/17. Spoiler alert....! Details about plot to follow.... When the forensic spouse lifted a fingerprint from her husband's wine glass and ran it in the system, she discovered a match already in the system that revealed his true identity and criminal past. Later they say due to her running this fingerprint, they arrest her husband because NOW they have a partial match to the fingerprint on a piece of evidence. However they had run the partial fingerprint earlier and had no matches. HELLO, if he was in the system already as a criminal, his fingerprint would have come up the first time they ran it and it would have nothing to do with her running his fingerprint from the glass. After all, that fingerprint she entered matched the one in the system tied to his past criminal history.

Other details were missed like if you suspected your husband was a serial killer and you dumped his stuff and found a storage locker key, you would not leave the dumped contents on the bed for him to discover you had found it and tip him off.

It was not believable that the detective who lost his wife would not remember his wife had ropes tied on her hands in four strands in the exact same manner as the recent killings, especially when the Forensics partner kept saying it reminded her of another crime scene. And he certainly would not argue a point like that being her imagination when you know as a detective it would be branded into his memory that was how he found his wife.
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2/10
Don't waste your time
mhubbard-5465722 March 2018
Average Lifetime movie flick. Poor quality, obvious plot, and creepy, but not in a good way.

Woman is basically torn between two lovers. She has had a relationship with both, but now she is married to guy number 2. He is very good looking, but has a mysterious past.

No spoilers here. The husband is creepy, and no advanced forensic degree is needed to figure out whodunit.
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1/10
Absolutely brutal...but laughable.
eruditerepulsor17 October 2019
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One of the worst films I have ever seen. The plot is utterly banal, and I would say it's derivative of any low quality, run of the mill crime procedural but the writing is so pitiful it's difficult to even conceive of one professional film/tv show to associate it with. The lead character, and resident forensic specialist uses a magnifying glass like a child uses a pair of scissors. If the director put a moustache on her face she'd be more believable as Ron Jeremy than she is a forensic scientist. No one from this police department could solve a crime if the killer handed them a DNA sample and a video camera to film them while they hacked their vic in two. The acting is so wooden they look like they're made out of Popsicle sticks, and the line delivery is stiffer than the 'corpses' they find in those staged Ikea displays they call sets. Still, as bad as the acting is the writing is worse. The dialogue is so unbelievable I laughed out loud throughout the film wondering whether it was the script or the acting that made the film seem so emotionally dead inside. It's both. Tim and Kyle both have partners recently murdered (Tim's during the film) and they casually carry on living as if their hearts and brains are made of Lego. The sets are sterile and lit like your local Walmart. They lack any realism whatsoever, even more than the hair colouring of most of the cast, particularly Kyle, the lead 'detective,' who is so in love with the near brain-dead Renee that he is somehow able to tell her she has a "beautiful and creative mind" with a straight, plastic face. In the end, unless you're an eight year old with below average intelligence it doesn't matter who the killer is, because if you are still watching it's either for laughs or you've passed out on the couch.
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1/10
Monotonous
phd_travel4 October 2018
Despite twists and turns and red herrings, this is a boring movie. Everyone speaks in a monotone. Unbelievable and implausible.

Skip it.
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1/10
The lead actress has her hands full.
balmoral590-11 August 2018
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Possibly the effeminate sneak of a husband of the lead actress Renee is the person responsible for a wine glass disappearing and reappearing at the sundeck barbecue scene. The lead Renee makes a poor detective. She didn't even notice when in the coffee shop that that sneak of a husband moved her table, added an extra table next to hers and also added extra back ground performers. All this while she is having coffee and a brief conversation with her friend. In her past Renee dumps co worker Detective Kyle to marry sneaky Jack and then uses her forensic training to prove that the mincing husband is a cheat. There is humour throughout the film. One scene at the station office whilst she is talking to another high heeled co worker Detective Kyle is now portraying a cop in uniform. Go figure?? Kyle and another uniform are dragging poor Jack (In Cuffs) past Renee. Jack shrugs off Kyle gets in Renee's space and "Plants a Big Kiss". Kyle pulls Jack away and continues through the office. All the while Jack shouts to Renee "I didn't do this"," I didn't do this" "I Love You" "I Love You". I must admit I found the actors and the extras all likeable.

And whilst being dragged handcuffs is being dragged panther bysneak
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3/10
Not worth it
msrlpanda14 May 2017
The story line could have been good but this movie was clearly written by someone who has absolutely no knowledge of forensics or police procedure. The over use of a magnifying glass and using a flashlight with the lights on? seriously? It was too predictable and the secondary characters were not developed enough. The camera direction/cinematography was actually the best part of this movie. I like a lot of the Lifetime crime drama movies, but not this one!
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8/10
"Sociopaths Relate to Obsession"
lavatch13 October 2019
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Jack and Kyle were best buddies when Jack stole Renee right from under his bro. But it turns out that Renee has her hands full with Jack, who has not been forthcoming with her about his past. In fact, Jack' s real name is Stephen Boyden, a former drug addict.

"A Wife's Suspicion" (a.k.a., "Evidence of Truth") successfully blends the romantic intrigue with a murder mystery. Renee is an expert forensics analyst, and her boss is none other than Kyle, her ex beau. Kyle's wife Holly was murdered, and Renee believes that a serial killer is on the loose.

In her investigation, the early evidence leads Renee right back to her husband Jack. But the smooth-talking charmer Jack convinces Renee that when he was kissing and hugging Bess, it was only because he was her "sponsor" at the Narcotics No More support center. And there is not enough forensic evidence to tie Jack to the murder of Holly, Jennifer Griegson, or Jade.

The small object of the climbing carabiner figures in the mystery. In the Griegson case, a carabiner had turned up in which the killer had scaled a wall of an apartment building like a mountain climber. If Renee can trace back the carabiner to the owner, she may learn who is the killer.

The film included a good batch of characters and a set of relationships that circled around each other. It was never credible that Renee would leave a devoted family man like Kyle for a playboy-adventurer like Jack. But there was still good suspense and a nice symmetry to the film's action. The film opens and closes at the Devil's Punch Bowl, which is southwest of Portland, Oregon. It is there that the day of reckoning will occur to either validate or reject a wife's suspicion.
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2/10
Too Much Wrong Here
carolynocean19 March 2021
There are so many things not right with this film.

Perhaps I am being a bit pedantic here, but as a forensic scientist is she not supposed to be wearing protective coverings head to toe ? For fear of contamination of the crime scene ! And yet she was very happy to put on a lab coat the second she entered the lab !

But then I suppose when its all about how you look , then these trivial matters don't apply !

And all the personal stuff going on between all of them was dragged out for way too long , when it should have been focusing on the murders .

Not convincing for me ,I lost interest, but saw it through to the end anyway.

It did have potential , but was spoiled by poor detective work , and a fairly predicable end .

Watchable , but not great .
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10/10
A brilliant edge of your seat, "who done it" ? thriller.
michaelthompson-9871329 November 2016
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I have read only one review on here and its totally under par, so I feel I have to come to this movie's defence.

Andrea Roth's excellent conviction acting really and truly held me to my seat when watching this film.

This actress is new to me, i'm watching her at the moment in Rescue me.

This is a superb movie with more twists and turns that a cork screw and there a twist/shock ending that really caught me off guard, because you are lead to believe the killer is somebody else.

First I thought the killer was her husband, then I thought it was someone else, then in the last few moments I found out who the killer was, ?????..............Watch the movie and see!
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