I live in Michigan, almost exactly half-way between Detroit, and Lake Orion. I have relatives that live in Lake Orion; as such, I've visited the area many times, and so I can state the following without any equivocation whatsoever:
There is no section or neighborhood in Lake Orion that even remotely resembles the city of Detroit, particularly those shown in this movie... NONE. Gangs are not a huge issue in Lake Orion. There aren't blocks after blocks of dilapidated, abandoned homes, or ruins of other buildings, as depicted in this movie. According to one character in the movie, a clergyman, Lake Orion is being ravaged by prostitution and violent crime. I mentioned this, and this movie, to my relatives that live in Lake Orion; I think that they're still laughing about it.
Most of the performances are flatly laughable, but Jeri Jensen actually does okay as the female lead/main character. The premise of the movie is that a dark supernatural creature is behind a murder spree in Lake Orion. Now mind you, there isn't even a littering spree in Lake Orion, let alone a murder spree. I was surprised to see a local Fox 2 news anchor, Jay Towers, in the movie. Towers is a popular local figure in the metropolitan Detroit area.
This film links Detroit and Lake Orion as though they're neighboring communities; they are not even close to being such. Lake Orion is well north of Detroit, straight up the I-75 freeway. I wanted to see this movie because I am very familiar with the area represented, and because the locations are so badly misrepresented and misconstrued, it made a bad movie seem even worse.
As mentioned earlier, Jensen does okay in the movie, as well as can be expected for all of the flaws and mistakes. If you're not from Michigan, and can overlook all of the mistakes and misrepresentations, you may, and I stress MAY, get something out of this movie.
There is no section or neighborhood in Lake Orion that even remotely resembles the city of Detroit, particularly those shown in this movie... NONE. Gangs are not a huge issue in Lake Orion. There aren't blocks after blocks of dilapidated, abandoned homes, or ruins of other buildings, as depicted in this movie. According to one character in the movie, a clergyman, Lake Orion is being ravaged by prostitution and violent crime. I mentioned this, and this movie, to my relatives that live in Lake Orion; I think that they're still laughing about it.
Most of the performances are flatly laughable, but Jeri Jensen actually does okay as the female lead/main character. The premise of the movie is that a dark supernatural creature is behind a murder spree in Lake Orion. Now mind you, there isn't even a littering spree in Lake Orion, let alone a murder spree. I was surprised to see a local Fox 2 news anchor, Jay Towers, in the movie. Towers is a popular local figure in the metropolitan Detroit area.
This film links Detroit and Lake Orion as though they're neighboring communities; they are not even close to being such. Lake Orion is well north of Detroit, straight up the I-75 freeway. I wanted to see this movie because I am very familiar with the area represented, and because the locations are so badly misrepresented and misconstrued, it made a bad movie seem even worse.
As mentioned earlier, Jensen does okay in the movie, as well as can be expected for all of the flaws and mistakes. If you're not from Michigan, and can overlook all of the mistakes and misrepresentations, you may, and I stress MAY, get something out of this movie.