Memorable, crazy movie

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Such software has existed for quite some time, believe it or not. That's why we see the same 'suspense' scenes over & over again (a killer attacks, but the hero is just having a DREAM SEQUENCE! the hero chases the killer into a forest but gets struck from behind {you'd think the cameraman would say something} etc.) and hear the same clichéd lines repeated that we've heard before in these tiresome retreads. Matt Damon calls such dialogue 'derivative'.In LOF, the acting is respectable, especially by our lead, Teri Polo. I confess I tuned in to it since the Canadian Football game I was watching was dreadful and LOF was a better time-waster. However, the premise--that a clever 'serial killer' can outfox detectives while leaving them taunting clues and also read their every move in advance--is only slightly less ridiculous than a film about sharks stalking humans (well, that worked the first time!). It does, however, show how screenplay-software can turn out a barebones script for a TV movie: I can just see the 'writer' flipping through the menus "Flashback Scenes" "Arguments with Police Boss" "Fun Scenes to Flesh out Hero" "Eerie Searches for Clues" etc.You could produce a decent 'B' suspense flick with a little imagination: a few bizarre characters; some nifty dialogue that moves the plot along, but says things in a new way; or a hero that is complex but compelling (Dr House, Sherlock Holmes, Monk). I'm afraid the Cast here just isn't given too much to work with. Contrast an old sleeper such as 'Plain Clothes'.6/10 generous rating just for being more fun than a CFL game in which one QB couldn't pass the salt..

Teri Polo is a beautiful and incredibly talented actress, and it comes out in this movie. Polo delivers a powerful performance as Detective Jeanne Joyce, a relentless career woman in the mold of TV's Olivia Benson, who pursues a copycat serial killer from a 30-year old cold case. The last death of the original killer was that of her mother, while 6-year old Jeanne is locked in a closet, bound and forced to watch. The last murder drove Jeanne's father, the lead detective on the case, to suicide, and Detective Joyce is now out to put this grisly part of her past behind her once and for all. She starts out by finding a couple murdered in the park, and it is the exact same M.O. as the original killer--the male shot once in the back of the head, the female bound and gagged, and Polaroids of both victims prominently next to the bodies, hence the moniker BPS--Bound, Photographed, Strangled. It reminds you of the BTK case out of Wichita and the RDK case from a Law and Order: SVU episode in 2004. The killer taunts Jeanne with notes, but little does she know that the man she sits across the table from on a dinner date, the medical examiner, could very well be the copycat killer. Jeanne doesn't realize this, and soon her life and that of her grandmother, her only living relative, are in danger...

I've seen worse, but I've definitely seen Lifetime do better with its movies. It seems like so many recent LMN flicks suffer from unoriginal, filler plots. Legacy of Fear is no different, and it's a shame. You have a cast of good actors and you give them crap dialog and silly scenes, and it makes it all the more boring to watch. Oh well. There are a few redeeming moments in the flick, particularly the fight scene **potential spoiler** between the detective and serial killer, it's just, well, amusing... in an otherwise try-so-hard-to-take-me-serious movie. It's what I like to call a 'nothing but a paycheck' film. But like I said, I've seen much worse. It's a step above watching Survivor.

may contain SPOILERS!!! I saw this movie tonight on lifetime. The script is very predictable. It's quite obvious what will happen from one moment to the next. a very 'formula' film. the trauma ridden main character must ultimately confront demons from her past to reconcile her future and save the world from a serial killer. The main character fills the role of only a slightly believable soul-searching detective. Her relationships with the other characters seem, at times, painfully forced. There is little suspense or delivery concerning the eventual plot unfolding. And the motivation is scarcely believable. The plot turns seem to be a complete after thought. The tidy package ending was evident almost immediately. Despite all this, I found that film still oddly compelling. I found the actors themselves delivered an impressive performance. I'm interested to hear what other viewers thought about this film.