![]() I really only dislike the hazy glowing lighting and TV movie style. After that, the movie is pretty standard. In many ways, those are the climatic scenes. I was expecting something much less from Lifetime. Police detective Larry Pinkerton (David James Elliott) is the one who finally realizes that she's telling the truth. The cops suspect that she's lying and they're pre-occupied with a serial killer on the loose. With cunning and a lie about her dying father, her kidnapper eventually releases her. While riding her bicycle home, she is kidnapped and raped over the weekend. 17 year old Lisa McVey lives with her grandmother who pimps her out to her boyfriend. Reviewed by SnoopyStyle 7 / 10 much better than expected I can't believe that McVey made it and was able to lead such a positive life after. S., this is a pretty frightening story even in TV movie format. As for Bobby, he was arrested outside a movie theater and was executed in prison via lethal injection in 2019.Īiring on Showcase in Canada and Lifetime in the U. Luckily, her case is assigned to Sergeant Larry Pinkerton (David James Elliot, who made your grandmother and aunts feel all tingly when he was on JAG), who is one of the few people who believes in her.Īmazingly, this true story ends with McVey becoming a deputy sergeant in Sex Crimes, working to protect children from the terror that she survived. ![]() She also begins memorizing everything she can.įinally, when she escapes - pleading for her life when Bobby wants to shoot her in the head in the woods - Morris and her grandmother beat her for five hours before calling the police. Even worse, her grandmother just assumed that she ran away and wasn't in any danger.īobby (Russif Sutherland, the half brother of Keifer) holds Lisa bound and blindfolded - much like the nine other women he'd already killed - continually assaulting her while she gains his trust by asking him about other women and then leaving behind as much evidence as she can, touching everything in his apartment and even pulling out her hair and hiding it all over the place. Lisa McVey (Katie Douglas) left a bad home situation with her mother to live in Tampa with her grandmother, but within a few weeks she was being abused by Morris, her grandmother's boyfriend, and then abducted by Bobby Joe Long. The essence of the film was Lisa as a force of nature who was able to pull herself up by her bootstraps and become what Detective Larry Pinkerton calls our "number one hero." There was a nice touch at the end of the film when the real Lisa McVey appears on camera in her job on a police force. The film's denouement was effective in depicting Lisa reconnecting with her sister Lorrie and being cared for by her loving Aunt Carol and Uncle Jim. When apprehended, the serial killer could only admit, "she was special." She spoke the words aloud, "Don't give up." That was her mantra that led to her survival. There was salient moment when Lisa was captive and staring at herself in the mirror. ![]() It was only Detective Larry Pinkerton who recognized that Lisa was telling the truth and that she could lead the police to the serial killer. The three police officers who questioned Lisa were not much better, as they believed that her attention to detail was a sign that she was fabricating her story. The family conditions of Lisa were horrendous with both a mother and grandmother who were uncaring and exploited a child beyond belief. But because Lisa is already an incest survivor, she uses her skills to meticulously record details about the kidnapper that will lead to his arrest. The early part of the film is hard to take in the brutal kidnapping and captivity of Lisa by a serial killer. It tells the harrowing saga of a courageous young woman, who, in the face of no support from those around her, is able to rise above her circumstances and become both a survivor and a hero. "Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey" is a made-for-television film based on a true story that genuinely feels believable. Reviewed by lavatch 9 / 10 "Number One Hero" ![]()
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