Beautiful blonde Lori Loughlin (as Rebecca Mayer) is worried sick about 17-year-old college-bound daughter Jordan Hinson (as Conner). On the road, Ms. Loughlin thinks a series of sleazy men are having seriously nasty thoughts about her nubile teenager. Meanwhile, highway patrolwoman Kristen Dalton (as Emily Tobin) is uncovering facts about a mysterious serial killer. Mature-looking 15-year-old daughter Alix Elizabeth Gitter (as Molly) worries her sheriff mom by tagging along and providing clues...
"A Mother's Rage" is an engagingly structured TV Movie, by Shane Mathers, with director Oren Kaplan guiding some good, crosscutting performances and drama. It is outstanding how the "parallel" stories unfold slowly, without an overabundance of trickery. However, the ending shots are a little frazzled. Watch for sneaky Shaun Sipos (as Calvin) to enliven the final scenes, and a startling appearance by former "Happy Days" then "Married with Children" hunk Ted McGinley as a lascivious short-order cook.
****** A Mother's Rage (4/6/13) Oren Kaplan ~ Lori Loughlin, Kristen Dalton, Shaun Sipos, Ted McGinley
"A Mother's Rage" is an engagingly structured TV Movie, by Shane Mathers, with director Oren Kaplan guiding some good, crosscutting performances and drama. It is outstanding how the "parallel" stories unfold slowly, without an overabundance of trickery. However, the ending shots are a little frazzled. Watch for sneaky Shaun Sipos (as Calvin) to enliven the final scenes, and a startling appearance by former "Happy Days" then "Married with Children" hunk Ted McGinley as a lascivious short-order cook.
****** A Mother's Rage (4/6/13) Oren Kaplan ~ Lori Loughlin, Kristen Dalton, Shaun Sipos, Ted McGinley