Casualties
Casualties
R | 25 August 1998 (USA)
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A woman tormented by an abusive, sadistic husband desperately tries to find her way out of her predicament. She discovers that she may have found the solution in her cooking class, she finds out that one of the men in her class is even more of a sadistic psycho than her husband, and she hatches a plan to get him to kill her husband.

Reviews
LouHomey From my favorite movies..
Bereamic Awesome Movie
Manthast Absolutely amazing
Twilightfa Watch something else. There are very few redeeming qualities to this film.
pc-renteria This is a good movie. I originally watched this on my Ipad in bed hoping it would put me to sleep. I kept thinking I would shut it down at some point but realized I had to see the end. Basically, you have a hard working cop married to a so so looking wife. This man just needs a decent meal, but his wife has zero cooking skills. He sends her to cooking class and she still can't serve a meal a man can eat. Some would say he over reacts, but this guy fells the need for a "beat down" to get his point across. The man just wants a "side dish" for god sakes! Anyway, I must say that this chick gets a little better looking as the movie goes on, I'm not sure why and it was a little distracting. So she meets this cute guy at cooking class and her husband smells something dirty going on ..but this guy she meets could grant her the freedom she's been looking for.
michinine I like the settings and the characters. Its quite the complex part writing a thriller to give it a good "picture". But I can't take if they start punching loopholes into the story to accommodate the writing; I can't stand characters that seem to be three dimensional beings starting to act strangely to "fit" into schematic story development. But when you start to lower the expectations and give "into the flow", the result is quite entertaining. Harmon and the other cast deliver good performances for the "setting" and I have to admit, that the the showdown teared me more than I hoped. If you catch it on TV in the night and like to watch some easy schematic thrill with a little end surprise, you won't be disappointed - I have seen *much* worser. But I wouldn't take this out of a DVD-rental store... 5-6 Stars.
helpless_dancer Very exciting film with a bang-up ending. This poor woman couldn't pick the right man with a set of ice tongs. As bad as hubby was, at least he wasn't a total psycho. Although this picture had some gaping holes in it [for instance: why didn't the cop call for backup?], it was still tense and dramatic. If I learned one thing from this movie, it was to always carry a backup modem connection.
savas-3 I don't want to spoil the ending so let's just say it borrows from many horror/slasher films we've all seen 1000 times. The set up was interesting and the acting was quite riveting at times but the inevitable culmination of the action sequences towards the end were predictable and unsatisfying. I don't know why you would make a film with so many loose ends unless you were too desperate to make any statement condemning spousal abuse. Straight-to-videos are prescreened for test audiences and don't get distributed for a reason.