TrueHello
Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.
durran-anon
I thought Tyler Perry was a horrid film maker. This movie truly reaches new lows. How could sigh a shitty movie attract so many talented actors?The actor portraying David Washington does so in such an over the top manner that it is hard to take on a serious tone. You end up laughing when you should feel sympathy for his victims or anger towards his abusive behavior.WHO THE HELL DRESSED NEPHEW TOMMY!?! He looked like a Damn cool in all of those ugly-ass suits. I hope he wasn't advertising a new fashion Pobre or something.
Valerie Green
I've seen bad movies before but this takes the cake! This movie is awful! Are the directors, writers, producers first-timers? Poor script, poor acting, poor directing; this is unreal! Nothing is believable. What many buys a woman he barely knows diamonds? I've seen many of these actors in other shows and this movie does them and injustice. I wonder if their acting careers became stagnant after this movie? Was this movie not read many times before the actors were selected? Were the scenes not viewed many times before this movie was edited? What was the budget of this movie; a few hundred thousand? Who did the make-up; yuck! Horrible, horrifying, terrible, this is beyond an epic fail!
zardoz-13
Freshman director David M. Matthews delivers a tolerably entertaining soap opera/crime thriller about an affluent, white-collar, African-American worker who suffers from an abysmal case of insecurity where the women in his life are concerned. David Alan Washington (Cordell Moore of the video version of "Why Did I Get Married?") is a micro-managing martinet of man who doesn't trust women, especially after his fiancée cheats on him the day before his wedding with a close friend's boyfriend. Predictably, David cannot stand for this indiscretion, much less the complete lack of respect that his fiancée, Robin Joyner (Essence Atkins of "Dance Flick"), treats him when she tries to have sex with a well-chiseled guy on the floor of David's palatial residence. The boyfriend happens to be the dude that her closest friend, Jill (Tempestt Bledsoe of "Bachelor Man"), intends to wed, and Jill is just as furious with Robyn as she is her musician fiancé, Isaac Roberts (Lamman Rucker of "Meet the Browns"), for permitting Jill to seduce him. When David and Jill walk in on them, David asks Robyn why she is out of breath while Jill points out that Isaac has his fly unzipped. David rules his life by his watch; he is a creature of habit and refuses to tolerate anything less than perfection. Be a minute or two late to an appointment with David and he blows his stack. We learn that he was a Marine who paid for his college education without having to appeal to his equally intolerable father who held a low opinion of him for the get-go. This part of his character has alienated Robyn and she confided in Jill that she doesn't love David on the day before they are to be married.No sooner has David broken up with Jill than he takes a fancy to his secretary's cousin, Tina Simpson (Denise Boutte of "Extreme Movie"), and takes her off on a vacation that was initially designed to be his honeymoon with Robin. Tina has a rough time adapting to David's lifestyle. Moreover, she doesn't realize how jealous that David is. Indeed, David tampered with the brakes on Isaac's caddy and Isaac collided with a train at a railway crossing because he couldn't put on his brakes. The actual collision is suggested more than shown and the opinion of the coroner is that Isaac committed suicide. The biggest problem that "N-Secure" suffers from is its lack of tying up all the loose ends. For example, Robyn winds up pregnant with David's child and he issues a restraining order that she is not to come within a 100 feet of him. Robyn calls for DNA testing to prove that David is the father of her baby daughter. David responds by bribing the medical technician who performs the test, but this redoubles Robyn's efforts to make sure that David pays for his consequences.When David and Tina start seeing each other, the relationship is like a dream come true until David demands that Tina sign a contract so that he can trust her. He demands that she respect him, call him no later than a minute after he has called if she cannot answer, and stay away from her girlfriends. As far as David is concerned, when a woman hangs out with her girlfriends, this kind of behavior qualifies as an alibi so that she can cheat on her man. One day Tina accidentally burns herself with a curling iron while fixing her hair and David jumps to conclusions and accuses her of having been out with another man. Despite David's terminal case of insecurity, Tina loves him for the beautiful man that he is deep down in side. It doesn't take long for Tina to go sour on their relationship. When her brother calls and asks her to come home for the weekend, David immediately concludes that Tina is lying so that she can hop in the sack with another dude.Meanwhile, Robyn doesn't let the restraining order keep her from getting what is rightfully her's for her daughter. She sneaks into David's office (how'd she get past the building guards who should have been alerted to her status?) and steals a straw out of David's garbage can so she can find something to test his DNA. The DNA doctor stands by the negative reports that were shown in the test that David did not sire the child. Nevertheless, he agrees to an informal re-test. David loses no time trying to kill Robyn. He tampers her brakes and she careens through Memphis traffic and strikes a lamppost because no harm occurs to either Robyn or her baby. The re-test proves that David is the father of Robyn's baby. Eventually, Tina musters the nerve to leave David, but he catches her and slaps her. Tina seizes a knife and slashes David; David pins her to the floor with the very same knife and prepares to kill her when . . . the surprise ending kicks in.This low-budget feature film lensed on location in Memphis, Tennessee, has just enough polish to get by, but it lacks closure of the issue of David's murderous behavior and his willingness to bribe anybody to get his way. Not a bad start for Matthews as a helmer. The cinematography and editing are crisp. Presumably, the lack of closure in regard to David's deeds can be chalked up to the low-budget. The ending is somewhat of a surprise. The movie doesn't wear out its welcome, but it isn't as smooth as a major studio picture.
melanee-may
This movie was excellent. The storyline was fabulous. Seeing Tempest Bledsoe back in the acting realm was awesome and this was Essence Atkins' most phenomenal performance in my opinion!! Essence really displayed her wonderful acting skills! Cordell Moore played this role very well!! I can not wait to see your work is more films. There was such a beautiful chemistry between the cast and it overflowed through to the audience! Lamman Rucker always adds a exquisite flair to any cast with his classical handsome looks..but it was wonderful to see a different side of him in this film. KUDOS to the entire cast and crew! I will definitely add this one to my DVD collection!
