Veiled Truth (2006) (TV)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Monika Mitchell

Writer:

Lauren Dale (writer)

Release Date:

30 July 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Plot:

A woman's past comes back to haunt her when the pimp she helped put behind bars is released and after revenge. |

Cast

Emmanuelle Vaugier	...	Carolyn
Bruce Ramsay	...	Jake
George Newbern	...	Andy
Laura Bertram	...	Kimberly
Nick Mancuso	...	Victor Graznev
Jovanna Huguet	...	Angie
Josh Hayden	...	Josh
Chandra Berg	...	Amanda
Mark Zeifman	...	Duane
Fulvio Cecere	...	Clements
Vitaly Kravchenko	...	Bodyguard (as Vitaliy Kravchenko)
Leah Graham	...	Maddie
Julius Chapple	...	Robert
Teach Grant	...	Tony
Dean Redman	...	Pawn shop clerk

Also Known As:

What Comes Around (USA) (alternative title)

Runtime:

USA:120 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Insight Film Studios

Very good

Carolyn is the best caterer in Spokane, Washington (or one of its suburbs; we never really are told). Her husband Andy is running for Senate (but is it U.S. or state?), and judging from how nice his office is, he must be doing well in his job. Another sign the couple is doing well: 12-year-old Josh and his younger sister Amanda go to Gilmore Academy. They're not doing all this on Carolyn's salary, judging from comments made about how new her business is.

Jake is out of prison after 12 years. He was Angie's boyfriend and pimp in New York City, and he has tracked Angie down even though her name is now Carolyn. He wants enough money to go straight, plus revenge because Angie got her brother Dwayne killed. If he doesn't get what he wants, Jake will tell Andy about her secret past as a prostitute ... or worse.

Also, Angie's former best friend Kim is dead, and while police think it was a suicide, there is evidence she was murdered. The murder was, in fact, the first thing we saw.

Flashbacks to Angie's past life are shown. Angie was somehow reduced to begging on the street, and that's how Nick found her and rescued her.

Bruce Ramsay does a very good job as the man who is blackmailing Carolyn. And Nick Mancuso does very well as a major crime figure who Jake owes in a big way. He seems suave, sophisticated and even kind, but when he doesn't get what he wants, watch out.

But Emmanuelle Vaugier gives the best performance of all. I say that because Carolyn clearly doesn't want to do what Jake demands, and yet Carolyn totally convinces us that she is happy and even enthusiastic in her actions as she works hard and suffers through indignities to protect her family.

The kids are quite good too, but kids shouldn't watch just because of them.

It's really worth seeing.