Although it was well cast and well acted, "Homecoming Revenge" (a.k.a., "Dying for the Crown") was a by-the-numbers revenge drama.

The opening scene is an ugly encounter at the Homecoming celebration at Fern Creek High School. Andrea Turner makes a scene by disrupting the awarding of Homecoming King and Queen to Isabelle Wagner and Rod Taylor. In a tussle on the stage, Andrea falls off the platform, seriously injuring herself. She needs years of therapy and rehab and cannot expect ever to deliver a baby.

Now, two decades later, Andrea is baaaaaaaaaak!!!

After murdering her husband Christopher, Andrea proceeds to worm her way into the life of her high school rival, Isabelle. She murders the nice assistant Jasmine at Isabelle's Country Squire Florist shop. Later, she kills Molly, the lover of her deceased husband.

Of course, there is the inevitable reprise of the Homecoming awards ceremony with Isabelle's daughter Sierra and her football player Cody honored as Queen and King. The same choreography of Andrea plopping off the platform will be repeated.

The best scene in the film is the denouement where Andrea has turned in her red dress for an orange jumpsuit in prison. She has made her own crown of thorns with which she will clock the warden. She truly has discovered not only what it is like to be Queen for a day. Andrea will be the Queen of Cell Block Nine for a lifetime.

The premise is interesting. Should you let a wack job who didn't get crowned prom queen from high school back into your life? Well many years later the high school prom queen gives the wacko another chance. It's quite interesting to see how things progress.

The actresses are good and attractive so this makes things watchable. The daughter behaves dumbly but wouldn't be much of a story otherwise.

OK for one watch.

Entertaining. But don't watch this movie alone. You need someone there to exchange sarcastic remarks with. The blonde was the protagonist and the brunette was the antagonist. Both women added respectable visual pleasure. It was nice that the movie started in with the plot action right away. No long drawn out beginning. It was also nice to see how realistic it was when the girl made a scene on stage. The kids on the floor just stared like deer in headlights. Notice when the one fell off and landed on the floor, her pose was exactly like those who take a fall in Family Guy. Twenty years later, as adults, the plot thickened right away as well. I won't comment on the red dress at the reunion, but wow. Another realistic aspect was the white board in the brunettes kitchen with her to-do list. It reminded me of Austin Powers list. I was waiting for her to write down "threesome with Japaenesse twins". The climactic ending was rather lackluster. Family Guy deja vu all over again. The final scene was predictably stupid. Two things to notice: the tasers are really strong. And is the principal the only adult who ever goes to the proms? Despite the flaws and plot holes, there were less than in the average lifetime movie. An important factor to me is that I don't want to be bored. There was no time that happened. Overall it was entertaining.