That, and about a truckload of other implausible happenings (but plausible to the typical B-movie writing sphere) fuel this movie's run to a roller coaster finish. I will say the low key delivering of this as a teen drama will lure you in before it all goes to hell in almost the worst way possible, so bravo for that.

Set aside the campy writing for a second and take the time to appreciate the cast. Jayson W. Smith, Dermot Mulroney and Anne Heche all play bit roles that could have been microwaved from central casting, but are instead legitimized by their performances. Brice Heller is believable as the rich-kid psychopath (bit of a throwback in mannerisms to Wahlberg's 'Fear' instead of Bale's 'American Psycho') and while Miller and Peebles aren't incredibly strong in this flick, the performances they render working off each other really have you rooting for their demise and survival at different spots in the movie. Deusner seems to channel a bit of Joaquin Phoenix's Joker with some success. Overall, not terrible acting or production work. Gore is there and prominent, and no skimping on effects work. The real victim is the script that somehow survived the chopping block much like our female lead, just so we could get to the point where we ask ourselves how she (and the audience) made it to this point.

This teenagers-gone-wild story was interesting enough, though not really much different from dozens of others on the same theme except for the performance by McKaley Miller, who holds the whole thing together right until the end.

At that point, the two main characters are looking at each other with "What Just Happened?" expressions. My reaction was the same. And the script apparently provides no answers for anyone. Just move onto the credits and invent your own ending, I guess.

Another case of a script that is essentially only an idea and the parties complete the undertaking without having a couple more discussions to cover how they to wrap the whole thing up.

This film does little to develop any of the characters, and the plot is basic rich/poor at a fancy school. Except the target is entry to an Ivy league school rather than to stop bullying.

So stock rich kids & poor kids engage so the poor one can finagle into a school that her poor friend has a full ride. Rich kids are standard rich kids with all the excess that comes with it.

Oh wait, the film starts wurh a missing girl!

What starts as a standard party to get ahead turns into a heist and hostage situation. All the wrong choices are made, all the obvious signs are ignored, and the revenge is served stupidly.

Oh well. Anne Heche filmed her part soon before she died. She looked as if she was ready to fall over intoxicated. Or she was reeling from chemo.

Tense only due to the stupidity if the characters.