Tia Carrere is still so hot that I could watch her reading the phone book for two hours. "Torn Apart", while far from a great thriller, is at least a little more interesting than the above option. The film follows the race-against-the-clock formula pretty faithfully, but makes the choice (arguably a mistake) of revealing the identity of the killer/kidnapper far too soon, putting the audience ahead of the heroine. Actually, the way SHE eventually discovers his identity is pretty straightforward, and based on easily found records, which makes you wonder why the police couldn't have made the appropriate connections earlier. Tia's role here - a doctor - doesn't give her many chances for "Relic Hunter"-type action, but still, when she finally confronts the kidnapper, she is pretty ferocious. Speaking of the kidnapper, the guy is at his most threatening when he speaks on the phone; his outbursts of anger are ineffective. ** out of 4.
Review of Torn Apart
