Final Recourse

Brooke Holton (Teri Polo) is not only a wife and mother but also an incredibly successful and wealthy business woman. But it is her inability to let go when it comes to work that leads to a tragedy. When checking her phone whilst driving her son to a match, they are involved in a major car accident which kills her son. It leaves Brooke a pill popping, alcohol swilling wreck that chain smokes even in the doctor's office. With her husband, Albert (Matt Socia), not only concerned for Brooke's mental state but also the safety of their daughter he wants Brooke to get some help as he takes their daughter to stay with his mum for a few days. But the minute he is out of the door Brooke's life appears to be in danger as she is kidnapped by a man and woman who make her sign a suicide note and take her to a remote building where their boss, Jerry (Chazz Palminteri) awaits them.

When Brooke finds herself being held hostage in a remote prison-like set up she goes through cold turkey as she has no pills, alcohol or cigarettes and after a while she begins to see things more clearly as she realises that her husband and daughter's lives are in danger.

And so this movie typically leads to her taking control back and trying to escape in order to save her family. But is all as it seems, because there are some strange happenings with a young boy who is also being held hostage with her.

One could wonder whether maybe Brooke's husband and assistant were secret lovers and were trying to rid themselves of Brooke or maybe this was an elaborate form of therapy to make her wake up from her self destructive state.

"Final Recourse" is genuinely an intriguing movie which also features nice performances from Teri Polo and Chazz Palminteri with Palminteri once again delivering that air of controlled menace about his character.

There is a nice amount of intrigue about it which leads you to think certain things but never to the extent of being too sure of whether what you think is going on really is. The one trouble it has is that it lacks a sense of atmosphere and tension to make it really come to life.