Reviews

I gave it a 7 out of 10, mostly for the fact that they did a good job making it seem like a true documentary. However, I absolutely loath Samantha. I understood her need to help the girl, but even knowing that the man was dangerous she emotionally blackmailed her best friend and little brother into continuing to try to save the girl from her kidnapper.

There was no way that Sam didn't know how Nate felt about her. She bullied him, she made him feel like a monster, and she led him into a situation she had no business going into.

*Spoilers*

I loved Nate, while I wouldn't say he was a hero, he was just trying to do the right thing and was forced by his feelings for Sam to go along with her obsession, an obsession that got her brother shot, her best friend killed, and herself killed.

By the end of the movie I really hated Sam. I hated her for getting Nate killed and for the trauma and pain her actions left on her little brother. My feeling was that she was so driven to be the one to do the 'right thing' and maybe become a hero that she didn't care about anyone or anything else. Her actions through the end of the movie were deplorable and even knowing that the police were coming she had to be the one to save the little girl and doing so caused more trauma than had she simply waited for the police to arrive.