the audience applauded

Admirable film.

A Disappointing Continuation

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

I won't say that #Popfan was a complete waste of time since actress Chelsea Kane who plays a doppleganger of Brittney Spears is decent as the young and hot singer/songwriter hostage Ava Maclaine. I can't say the same for her captor Xavier (Nolan Gerard Funk) who just was not believable as the lighthouse keeper/kidnapper and ex marine of a young and hot pop singer. It may sound strange but Xavier just did not come off as a crazy enough pop fan who would hold a young woman hostage while pretending to be her hero saving the female teen pop star from a crash and burn sportscar during a severe storm.The cat and mouse game between captor Xavier and the unwilling/unknowing pop star prisoner Ava was more like a much weaker version of James Caan and Kathy Bates in the 1990 film Misery. Now Misery was a real thriller and #Popfan was more of a letdown except for Chelsea Kane's decent portrayal of an abductee under duress.I give this film a 4 out of 10 rating based mainly on Chelsea Kane's decent performance, otherwise my rating would be lower.

For anyone thinking of watching this movie let me save you some time of your precious life to consider another movie instead. The movie lacks interesting characters and the way most events play out is not believable at all. There are a lot of inconsistencies and in truth things just don't make any sense. If your any way a logical thinker this movie will really annoy you with how events unfold. Without spoiling anything if your looking for a movie that won't challenge you much or give your brain food for logical thought and you just want to pass time this might be for you, even though there are better options available.

*** Slight Spoilers ***This is "Misery" for the hashtag generation. That said, a lot of ideas and scenes were taken from the aforementioned movie. The major one is the car crash which puts our heroine, Ava Maclain (Chelsea Kane), into the care and arms of our deluded villain, Xavier (Nolan Gerard Funk). The other scene is the mistaken identity at the close of the movie, where Ava sees Xavier once again, though we know this cannot be true. This is a pretty much-unneeded scene that doesn't add anything to the film.The unoriginal story is the only drawback to this movie. The acting of the two main leads, Kane and Funk, are pretty good and their portrayal of the characters is both strong and believable. The other actors are above average Danny Wattley (Damon) really stood out as being as strong an actor as Kane and Funk, who did a good job as the Manager come Bodyguard.The script, on the whole, isn't too bad, though as I did say before, very Misery'ish... No blizzard, but a nor'easter storm. Even being set in Maine is a doff-of-the-cap to Mr King. Though, I'm not sure if the writer, Dean Orion, was paying homage, or trying to cover his back... after all, twenty-four years have passed since Misery was filmed (Damn I feel old!) There are, as always, strange decisions made by the heroine. Though, to be honest, the film would've only lasted about twenty minutes is she hadn't made the strange "wrong" decisions. But remember this was written for television and not for the big screen or even DVD release so there are limitations the writer has to face.Director Vanessa Parise does a very good job of telling the story and interweaving the actor's portrayal's of the characters into their correct places making the film stronger than the story.Even though the story isn't great the acting and the direction lift the overall finished product.If you have a free Sunday afternoon, with not much to watch, then this is a good film to chill out too. Not much brain power is required as you know the villain pretty much from the start, and the climax is very guessable as there are no real twists in this story.I enjoyed the film and didn't feel disappointed after viewing.

Another over zealous fan movie is depicted here. We saw this in Kathy Bates' Oscar winning performance with James Caan in "Misery." We also saw this in the film "The Fan" with Lauren Bacall and Maureen Stapleton.Naturally, our "fan" here is a gasoline attendant, a war veteran who has problems, severe problems emotionally. He rescues a brat of a star who basically doesn't know what she wants and brings her to his abode where he begins to terrorize her. To say that she gets what's coming to her is to put it mildly; even though tragedy ensues when her rejected boyfriend and manager try to locate her.Does it have to take a tragedy for our heroine to come back down to earth?