Three
of Reagan High's most popular vamps do a prank on one of their
friends by pretending to kidnap her, placing a large jawbreaker in
her mouth to prevent screaming and tossing her in the trunk of their
car. Unfortunately, upon opening the trunk after a short ride the
trio discover that the girl is now dead due to choking on the
jawbreaker. While discussing how to cover up their crime, a geeky
nobody from high school that adorizes the popular girls overhears the
conversation. The trio strike a deal by giving the geeky girl what
she wants: to take the dead girl's to be one of them. Meanwhile, one
of the trio gets ditched by the new trio and is threatened with being
framed for the murder if she talks to anyone about it.
An
unpleasant and rather poor excuse for a movie. Not only was the basic
premise of the film left wanting, but once writer/director Darren
Stein comes up with his feeble idea, he has nowhere to go with it
other than through some formulaic and threadbare plot. The film gets
credit for a slick look and stylish direction, but all of this energy
could have been put to better use in a movie that had a clever script
and more appealing characters.
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