The Falcon Academy of Athletics has seven students who’ve won spots at the nationals and hope to compete in the Olympics. Their coach decides this means two additional hours of practice per day.
The team doctor provides them with steroids and tests their reactions to the drugs. Nurse Diane says the students aren’t guinea pigs, but the doctor says it’s his life’s work and no one will stop him. He’s also made sure Diane gives them the steroids so he can keep his hands clean.
The athletes are all friends but when one girl disappears, other than wondering where she is, they aren’t that concerned. When a second athlete disappears, there are more questions and more shoulder shrugging.
You would think when some of the seven elite athletes bound for nationals go missing, it would attract more attention. And it should, since a hooded figure with a javelin is picking them off one by one.
The biggest issue with the movie is there’s little to no tension. We see a figure in a hooded sweatshirt while an athlete is practicing. But the athlete never realizes anything is amiss. It escalates quickly from here’s the killer to the victim is dead.
I found it hard to keep the characters straight. I got the kids who were going to nationals confused with other kids. For example, Shelly gets some screen time because she is having an affair with the swim coach. But she’s not in the photo of the winners. So why is her story line bigger than some of the others?
And why would a teen athlete be naked when getting a massage from the staff? Why does the film focus on a couple who turn out not to be the main characters? Who is Sue Allen? Did her footage end up on the cutting room floor or was she only in the background?
Ridiculous dialogue
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| They only realize there is a problem when they find the picture with X’s over the missing teens. |
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