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After his ex-wife dies in a fall from her balcony, PoliceSgt. Henry Smovinsky gets custody of his troubled teenage son... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Eric - why waste your talent on this stuff? moreCast
(Credited cast) | Eric Roberts | ... | Henry Smovinsky |
 | Jacob Tierney | ... | Adam Compton |
 | Eliza Roberts | ... | Maggie Furness |
 | Jayne Heitmeyer | ... | Katie Compton |
| Jack Langedijk | ... | Lt. Lido |
| Lynne Adams | ... | Sally |
| Frank Schorpion | ... | Dennis |
 | Larry Day | ... | Burnett |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | Gouchy Boy | ... | Arresting officer |
| Andy Bradshaw | ... | Cop in Gym |
| Andrew Campbell | ... | Pimp |
 | Fernando Chien | ... | Hawkeye |
| Guido Cocomello | ... | Bip |
| Irene Contogiorgis | ... | Kid at Convenience Store |
| Norris Dominique | ... | Ticket Seller |
| Patrick Fenelus | ... | Snake |
| Babs Gadbois | ... | Mrs. Bradley |
| Julia Garland | ... | Emily |
 | Alain Goulem | ... | Danny |
 | Serge Houde | ... | Captain Balfour |
 | Don Jordan | ... | Mookie |
| Una Kay | ... | Neighbour |
| Aurélie Laforest | ... | Tiger |
| Mary Morter | ... | Homeless Woman |
| Michel Perron | ... | Store Owner |
| David Siscoe | ... | Kowalchuk |
| Kwasi Songui | ... | Officer Whitaker |
| Kim Temple | ... | Young Lady Cop |
| Pierre-Carl Trudeau | ... | Man on Balcony |
| Lisa Wegner | ... | Woman on Balcony |
 | Russell Yuen | ... | Forensic Investigator |
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This trash, which was given an equally meaningless title "False Pretense" for Australian television, could have been very good. To start with the leads are played by two excellent actors Eric Roberts and Jacob Tierney - and their sensitive portrayals of father and son make some scenes quite powerful. But then the cliches start to pile up and the plot becomes ludicrous. The cops are stereotypes, the prostitutes are stereotypes (all with hearts of gold of course), and there is a particularly offensive portrayal of a gay man that puts the work of the gay movement back 20 years. This man's attempted seduction of Tierney is so offensive to our hero Roberts that he beats the man savagely to the ground and kicks his head in with his boot. And of course later suffers no remorse (because the "f....t" deserved it?!?!).
The happy families conclusion is so absurd that any good work done by the actors is completely undermined. Shame, everyone, shame. Please someone give Roberts a really great role in a great film so we can see the old "Runaway Train" magic again.