After watching this film for the second time, and reading the second review here. I have come to the conclusion that this was a film of mediocre quality despite being set in the breathtaking setting that is Venice.
Acting was not great, the lead actress's attempt at an American accent was farcical (there were times where you could hear her real accent slipping out), and the bad guys didn't really have enough screen time for me to grasp their backstory and motives for kidnapping Eivee.
Basically it was just another held for ransom storyline, except this time it's taking place in a foreign country, which was really the only thing that made it different from all the other movies.
On the other hand, I did like the growing bond that Celia had with her aunt. It was one of the things that I enjoyed about this movie. And aunt Rosa was quite likeable too not gonna lie.
The ending was what disappointed me most. Celia knocks out Dante/Renzo with a wooden beam, the police arrive and then it's all over. The police rarely ever got involved in the investigation!
And not much was said about the missing girl. She was only ever mentioned at least once or twice. And the oh so misleading title "The Venice Murders", implies that there were multiple murders happening. That's not what happened. I'm pretty sure the only people Dante killed in the movie was the missing girl and his brother Mateo. The title should've been Kidnapping in Venice since that's the true description of what transpired in the film. And not intentionally misleading like The Venice Murders. I swear Lifetime is notorious for this kind of shtick. They seriously need to stop doing this.
I did a little research and found out that this movie was produced and directed by the same people who did the Paris movie back in August. If I had to choose to watch this or Her Deadly Night in Paris, I would choose the latter in a heartbeat.
Acting was not great, the lead actress's attempt at an American accent was farcical (there were times where you could hear her real accent slipping out), and the bad guys didn't really have enough screen time for me to grasp their backstory and motives for kidnapping Eivee.
Basically it was just another held for ransom storyline, except this time it's taking place in a foreign country, which was really the only thing that made it different from all the other movies.
On the other hand, I did like the growing bond that Celia had with her aunt. It was one of the things that I enjoyed about this movie. And aunt Rosa was quite likeable too not gonna lie.
The ending was what disappointed me most. Celia knocks out Dante/Renzo with a wooden beam, the police arrive and then it's all over. The police rarely ever got involved in the investigation!
And not much was said about the missing girl. She was only ever mentioned at least once or twice. And the oh so misleading title "The Venice Murders", implies that there were multiple murders happening. That's not what happened. I'm pretty sure the only people Dante killed in the movie was the missing girl and his brother Mateo. The title should've been Kidnapping in Venice since that's the true description of what transpired in the film. And not intentionally misleading like The Venice Murders. I swear Lifetime is notorious for this kind of shtick. They seriously need to stop doing this.
I did a little research and found out that this movie was produced and directed by the same people who did the Paris movie back in August. If I had to choose to watch this or Her Deadly Night in Paris, I would choose the latter in a heartbeat.
