Holly Marie Combs. You looked so familiar. I remember you well on Picket Fences. What a great show that was. Too bad this movie couldn't follow suit.

This becomes another routine thriller. Attacked in her home, she moves with her husband and son into a place that could easily rival security with the secret service. Trouble is that her next door neighbor is some nut case who has quite a history of his own.

Richard Roundtree plays the recently retired police officer obsessed with finding the killer. It doesn't take long to realize the connection between all with this neighbor.

Of course, on the sideline, we have Combs suspecting that her husband is having an affair with his ex-female business partner. Guess who answers the phone when she calls him when he is away on business?

We've seen this type of ending so many times. The mass killings and how our nut job gets what is coming to him.

In Arizona, the veteran Detective Miles Porter (Richard Roundtree) becomes obsessed for catching the murderer of his goddaughter Cindy (Michelle Sebek) and three years later he requests his retirement to dedicate to the case in full time. Meanwhile in California, Richard Alden (Roark Critchlow),his wife Kathy (Holly Marie Combs) and their son Sam (Max Burkholder) moves to the expensive condominium Hidden Glade Estates seeking security. Kathy is still traumatized by the attack of a burglar in their former home. They are welcomed by their next door neighbor Caleb Theroux (Patrick Muldoon) that befriends the family and Kathy becomes close to the divorced Brianna Fine (Traci Lords). Meanwhile detective Porter finds a lead to the killer of Cindy.

"Point of Entry" is one of those predictable and flawed collections of clichés that seems to be in a shelf of a studio ready to be filmed and broadcast. The plot is shallow, the identity of the killer is disclosed still in the beginning, and there is no explanation, for example, for the disappearance of Detective Porter in spite of the stringent security of Hidden Glade. The security guard Raul is totally naive, attending to an alarm signal after the visit of Detective Porter and the absence of Richard that have never left the condominium. Holly Marie Combs keeps the same uptight posture and body expression of Piper Halliwell, her character in "Charmed". My vote is four.

Title (Brazil): "Perto de Casa" ("Near of the House")

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I love Holly in anything she does, she has an immense talent that always brings a great depth to whatever she's in. That is sadly the only plus of this movie. The plot is formulaic even for a lifetime movie. It looks as though this is a first time writer, but still the story just skips along, like a rock on water, only giving you exactly what you need, and not very suspenseful at all. From the beginning you know who the bad guy is, his shtick is uninspired, creating fairy tale books of his obsession immediately after meeting. Who wouldn't know where to find this guy? When he leaves a body of work and picture of himself?? Richard Roundtree got stuck with the overused detective with a connection to the case, so it consumes him and leaves his family behind and angry. Plus he only had to look on the internet to find the guy. Not bad for a retired detective. And finally, once again this type of film leaves you wanting the psycho to get a little something more than what he did. You want her to really take charge and take him out (Like we all know Holly can!). But I wont beat it into the ground. It was good to see Holly back, and 5 stars to any film that makes it on TV. They got it made and that's always a victory. I hope Holly gets hold of something that really shows her stuff next time!