Orphan: First Kill (2022)
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After escaping from an Estonian psychiatric facility, Leena Klammer travels to America by impersonating Esther, the missing daughter of a wealthy family. But when her mask starts to slip, she is put against a mother who will protect her family from the murderous “child” at any cost.
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... Leena Klammer / Esther Albright
... Tricia Albright
... Allen Albright
... Gunnar Albright
... Detective Donnan
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"Esther" (Isabelle Fuhrman) is the resident of an high security facility in Estonia where she is a distinct danger to anyone who crosses her path! Rather gorily, she engineers a daring escape and somehow manages to get to the United States where she convinces "Allen" (Rossif Sutherland) that she is his long lost daughter. Well whilst dad might be fooled, the wife "Tricia" (Julia Stiles) and her son "Gunnar" (Matthew Finlan) soon catch on - but it seems that they have secrets of their own to keep. Can an uneasy truce prevail between them? Well, no - of course not but frankly I really couldn't have cared less. She is all too readily accepted into the wealthy American family (no DNA tests with her father to verify?) and as the story plods along, it loses any grasp on plausibility. We are required to believe that "Esther" is this epitome of evil, but the plot has more holes than a Swiss cheese so I kept asking myself just how any of this could ever actually happen - even in cinema land. It does have the benefit of being quite short, and to be fair to director William Brent Bell, he doesn't hang around once what passes for the story gets going. I just found the whole thing too nonsensical and the lead character had more of a petulance to her than any believable sense of menace.
Director:
Writer:
David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick (Story)
David Coggeshall (Screenplay)
Alex Mace (Characters)
Alex Mace (Story)
Release Date:
2022-07-27
Run Time:
99 min
MMPA Rating:
R
Reviews of
Orphan: First Kill
"Esther" (Isabelle Fuhrman) is the resident of an high security facility in Estonia where she is a distinct danger to anyone who crosses her path! Rather gorily, she engineers a daring escape and somehow manages to get to the United States where she convinces "Allen" (Rossif Sutherland) that she is his long lost daughter. Well whilst dad might be fooled, the wife "Tricia" (Julia Stiles) and her son "Gunnar" (Matthew Finlan) soon catch on - but it seems that they have secrets of their own to keep. Can an uneasy truce prevail between them? Well, no - of course not but frankly I really couldn't have cared less. She is all too readily accepted into the wealthy American family (no DNA tests with her father to verify?) and as the story plods along, it loses any grasp on plausibility. We are required to believe that "Esther" is this epitome of evil, but the plot has more holes than a Swiss cheese so I kept asking myself just how any of this could ever actually happen - even in cinema land. It does have the benefit of being quite short, and to be fair to director William Brent Bell, he doesn't hang around once what passes for the story gets going. I just found the whole thing too nonsensical and the lead character had more of a petulance to her than any believable sense of menace.
Cast & Crew of
Orphan: First Kill
Cast
... Leena Klammer / Esther Albright
... Tricia Albright
... Allen Albright
... Gunnar Albright
... Detective Donnan
... Dr. Segar
... Dr. Novotny
... Officer Leahy
... Anna Troyev
... Federica
... Lobby Guard
... Betsy
... Mike
... Karen
... Claire / Receptionist
... Little Boy
... Officer Kusnetsov
... Flight Attendant
... Society 1 / Olive
... Society 2 / Gertrude
... Esther Body Double
... Esther Body Double
... Laughing Partier #2
... Laughing Partier #1
... Orderly
... Dude 1
... Girl 1 / Madison
... Additional Voices (voice)
... Guard (uncredited)
... Young Esther (uncredited)
Crew
... Set Decoration
... Producer
... Director
... Casting
... Director of Photography
... Makeup Designer
... Producer
... Associate Producer
... Executive Producer
... Story
... Screenplay
... Co-Producer
... Producer
... Characters
... Story
... Costume Design
... Editor
... Costume Supervisor
... Sound Designer
... Supervising Sound Editor
... Location Scout
... Supervising Sound Editor
... Sound Re-Recording Mixer
... Original Music Composer
... Sound Re-Recording Mixer
... Executive Producer
... Casting
... Key Makeup Artist
... Sound Effects Editor
... Art Direction
... Sound Mixer
... Stunt Coordinator
... Sound Effects Editor
... Set Dresser
... Set Dresser
... Set Dresser
... First Assistant Director
... VFX Artist
... Second Assistant Director
... Executive Producer
... Executive Producer
... VFX Artist
... Co-Producer
... Executive Producer
... Set Dresser
... Production Design
... Producer
... VFX Artist
... Executive Producer
... Executive Producer
... Executive Producer
... Co-Producer
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