The movie has an intriguing set up: Woman witnesses crime and in a near death escape ends up in coma only to awaken with special powers. Now this movie mainly stays in the realm of realism. The "special powers" are limited to premonitions that pop up unexpectedly and all relate in some form or other to her upcoming murder. How can she stop it?
I feel like this movie wanted to go deeper with some of the themes that it presented: Can we change our destiny? Are the mistakes of our past destined to haunt us? It dances around those topics, but with so many characters and plotlines in need of development in order to serve the mystery and the suspense, it never fully explores those themes. I wish it would have. That would have elevated the movie to a solid '8' for me.
Good directing. Good writing. Good acting. It's good across the board with suspense, moments that make you jump, tension, and some good action, but it's missing that something that would turn it into a break-out hit. Middle was a touch slow, maybe? Still, I recommend it. It was entertaining.
Last Seen in Idaho
2018
Action / Crime / Mystery / Thriller
Last Seen in Idaho
2018
Action / Crime / Mystery / Thriller
Plot summary
A woman awakens from a coma after a car accident and begins having shocking visions of her future murder. It's a race against the clock as she tries to solve and prevent her own murder.
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Intriguing premise with good storytelling
When you can't beat 'em shoot 'em.
Last Seen In Idaho has cool and disinterested contract killer Casper Van Dien shooting down the election opponent of small town mayor Richard Carmen. Just for good measure Van Dien throws in a witness who stumbled upon the shooting which took place in a parking garage.
Later on he brings both bodies to an auto body shop (how appropriate) where the owner does a sideline disappearing human bodies. But that day Hallie Shepherd witnesses these goings on and her boss's killings and flees the scene and gets into a car crash.
After that she's in a coma for 3 months and then wakes up with little memory, but disturbing visions. And she gets a new boyfriend Wes Ramsey giving her the big rush. But Ramsey's got ulterior motives.
A lot of extraneous material gets thrown into this modest thriller which certainly wasn't in theatrical release too long. It has an interesting climax where a whole lot of people get dead and the identity of a mysterious local crime boss is revealed and it's a surprise.
I'm not sure if Casper Van Dien's portrayal of a bad guy who is as cold as an Arctic day in December is disinterest or part of the character. I like him so much better as a hero. For the days of being Tarzan or Johnny Rico.
It said I was missing.
Idaho (filmed in Washington) and Casper Van Dien is not how I would try to sell an action film. Summer (Hallie Shepherd) works for Dex (Eric Colley) at a garage that gets involved in a political murder because killing the candidate is better than a smear campaign. She witnesses a bunch of stuff and then has a bad accident where she nearly burns to death (no scars afterwards). She awakes with amnesia, but has the ability to see into the future...which will affect her actions.
There was a film that did this future sight thing to the nth degree. This one was done rather mundane. The script was boring. One night time scene was filmed in the rain, although everyone pretended it wasn't raining (rain visible in head lamps.) Made for TV quality.
Guide: F-word. No nudity, near forced sex...what was that scene all about?