"Broken Star"

Fame can be a fleeting thing for many who pursue it. Some actors seem to have no limit while others fall to obscurity. Yet when fame is your entire life, to lose it and everything it comes with can either give you some perspective or it can make you do the unthinkable.

Markey Marlowe (Analeigh Tipton) has had her world turned upside down. A star since she was young and coming from a famous lineage from her late grandmother, fame is all she has known until her mother Kara (Lauren Bowles) and her budding sister Jade (Addyson Bell) turn their backs on her resulting in an incident that has Markey wind up under house arrest and a restraining order from her family. Forced to spend the next 30 days in an old duplex with a reclusive landlord Daryl (Tyler Labine) right next door, she finds some comfort in telling Daryl about the darkness of her life and what she would do to those who wronged her if she could. It doesn't take long before she realizes Daryl would be willing to do anything for her, and that he might be more dangerous than her.

A suspenseful chiller. This film is the stuff puts you in the mindset of someone on the verge of psychosis and how far they're tempted to go. Tipton and Labine's performance as an unlikely alliance where they each find some solace in each other's company enough to where their dark secrets can come to light is intriguing and gives a disturbing portrayal. While this star may be broken, I'm willing to give four and a half stars to make this film shine brightly.

⭐⭐⭐⭐½

"Broken Star" is now available at Redbox and where movies are sold/streamed.