Friday, February 27, 2009

April Fool's Day (2008)

At a party celebrating the debutant ball of teenage Torrance,  nasty rich girl Desiree drugs poor Milan.  Also drugged is Desiree's brother Blaine who takes advantage of Milan while Desiree films the entire thing in a plot to humiliate Milan and ruin her reputation.   Desiree has a reaction to the drugs, falls off the bedroom balcony, and dies promptly ruining Torrance's party.

A year later, everyone receives a message to meet at Milan's grave where a letter is delivered stating that they will all die within 24 hours unless the guilty person admits to causing Milan's death.

While this is supposedly a remake of the 1986 film of the same name, it doesn't have the same plot and has none of the charm.  The double twist ending is predictable and there is nothing appealing about any of the characters.  Also I'm not sure why all these people are friends as they have a wide range of ages. I would be concerned if I had a teenaged daughter who was hanging out with people ten or twenty years older than her.

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