Breaking
the Girls
(2012)
Johnny's
remarks:
OK,
who's up for some
lesbian action?
Breaking The Girls is a
thriller that follows
Sara Ryan (Agnes
Bruckner), a girl
currently on a college
scholarship to a rich
college and she seems to
have chemistry with Eric
(Shawn Ashmore), much to
the chagrin of his
girlfriend Brooke
(Shanna Collins). One
night while working at a
bar, she meets Alex
(Madeline Zima), but in
the process of the night
Sara gets fired from her
job directly as a result
of Brooke. Waiting
outside the bar is a
drunk Alex who wants
Sara to come with, which
she reluctantly drives
her home because of her
state. And they
instantly hit it off,
which sets back any
chemistry with Eric.
Over the next few days,
Brooke continues to
stifle Sara, getting her
scholarship cancelled
and getting her kicked
out of the dorm. Sara
moves in with Alex and
Sara is about to find
out that Alex is
fighting her own demons;
her mother's died
mysteriously and all
that is left is her
stepfather and his new
fling Nina (Kate
Levering). One night,
Alex hatches a plan of
'criss-cross', she
murders Brooke while
Sara murders her
stepfather, which Sara
sort of agrees with.
Alex goes ahead and
murders Brooke and
suspicion falls on Sara
who is horrified by
this, but Alex has
rigged it so that
evidence could become
available linking Sara
to Brooke's murder. So,
Sara reluctantly agrees
to off the stepfather,
but Alex has already
killed him and Sara is
caught redhanded at the
scene. But, this is not
over. An obvious
knock-off of Strangers
on a Train, which I
think is Hitchcock's
best film (yes, even
better than Psycho and
Vertigo), Breaking The
Girls starts off steady
enough and then once
Sara is framed, this
film goes off the rails
so fast with plot twist
after plot twist that
gets more ludicrous by
the minute. Strangers on
a Train kept it simple.
Breaking The Girls gets
itself tangled in a
knot, so much so that it
doesn't make sense. Oh,
what a mess...
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