ALEC IS AN INTROVERTED 23 YEAR OLD VIRGIN WHO COMES FROM AN ABUSIVE FAMILY. HE'S WORKING AS A DISHWASHER AND GETS A CRUSH ON KATE, ONE OF THE SERVERS AT THE RESTAURANT. HE FINALLY GETS UP THE COURAGE TO ASK HER OUT, BUT ON THEIR DATE KATE IS MORE INTERESTED IN CHECKING THE TIME THAN GETTING TO KNOW ALEC. ALEC SNAPS, KNOCKS HER OUT, KIDNAPS HER AND TIES HER UP IN HIS BASEMENT.
WE NEVER FIND OUT WHY ALEC KIDNAPS KATE, AND HE NEVER REALLY FIGURES OUT WHAT TO DO WITH HER. DURING HER TIME IN THE BASEMENT KATE SLOWLY LEARNS JUST HOW MENTALLY UNSTABLE ALEC IS, AND SHE BEGINS TO USE WHAT SHE LEARNS TO BECOME FRIENDS WITH ALEC IN HOPES HE WILL LET HER GO. ALEC AND KATE HAVE SOME INTERESTING INTERACTIONS, THINGS YOU DON'T ALWAYS SEE IN A MOVIE THAT, IN GENERAL, RING TRUE. FINALLY, EVERYTHING IS RESOLVED WHEN ALEC ATTACKS HIS ABUSIVE MOM WHILE AT THE SAME TIME ONE OF KATE'S FRIENDS SHOWS UP AND FINDS HER.
THIS MOVIE IS LISTED AS "REINDEER GAMES" AT IMDB. IT WAS CHANGED TO "THE GIRL IN THE BASEMENT" WHEN THE BEN AFFLECK "REINDEER GAMES" CAME OUT IN 2000. ALSO, IN A TRAGIC EVENT, SHAYNE WORCESTER, THE DIRECTOR, WAS KILLED IN A RANDOM MUGGING IN SAN FRANCISCO IN 1999. THIS MOVIE WAS MADE IN 1996.
RATING 2.5 out of 5
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