The plot for "Five Desperate Women" is one you probably couldn't use today. After all, the notion of five ladies stuck on a lonely island with a psychotic murderer AND unable to call for help is tough to believe today...they could just use their cellphones to get help! My wife and I went on an African photo safari a couple years ago...and even there we had great wi-fi service! So younger folks might be perplexed by all this! But apparently this is what's happened in this film...and the murderer has also blown up the boat...their only means of escape from this very isolated vacation spot.
So is this any good? Not really. The film has several things working against it. First, too much time is spent with the lady friends talking...and talking...and talking. Plus the ladies seemed to have almost nothing in common and yet are supposed to be old friends. Second, there appear to be only two possibilities for who is the killer...and there wasn't a lot of suspense because of this. Third, and most importantly, the big finale is just ineptly made! When the killer is known for sure and is caught strangling one of the women, the others just jump about and take the longest time to offer any real help. Then, after conking him on the head, one announces, after examining him for all of 1/2 second that 'he's dead'! Huh?! Sloppy and dumb...this is one of the weakest "ABC Movie of the Week" installments I've ever seen.
So is this any good? Not really. The film has several things working against it. First, too much time is spent with the lady friends talking...and talking...and talking. Plus the ladies seemed to have almost nothing in common and yet are supposed to be old friends. Second, there appear to be only two possibilities for who is the killer...and there wasn't a lot of suspense because of this. Third, and most importantly, the big finale is just ineptly made! When the killer is known for sure and is caught strangling one of the women, the others just jump about and take the longest time to offer any real help. Then, after conking him on the head, one announces, after examining him for all of 1/2 second that 'he's dead'! Huh?! Sloppy and dumb...this is one of the weakest "ABC Movie of the Week" installments I've ever seen.